Regional and Community Planning
Find tools to assist planners, economic development practitioners and those interested in sustainable development initiatives
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USDA Now Accepting Applications Under Strategic Economic and Community Development Program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is now accepting applications under Section 6025 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-79 (https://www NULL.congress NULL.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2642)). USDA-Rural Development is authorized to provide funding priority to projects that support strategic economic and community...
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Issue Brief: Creating Opportunity and Prosperity Through Strengthening Rural-Urban Connections
Metropolitan and rural America are highly connected and interdependent. To succeed, metropolitan America needs a healthy and sustainable rural economy and culture, and in turn rural America needs vibrant, well-functioning cities and suburbs to thrive and flourish.
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Webinar Recording and Slides: “POWER Initiative: Opportunities for Economic Diversification and Workforce Development
The U.S. Economic Development Administration (http://www NULL.eda NULL.gov), the National Association of Development Organizations, and the National Association of Regional Councils (http://www NULL.narc NULL.org)hosted a webinar on May 27 that took a closer look at the competitive grant opportunities...
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Materials Available from “Making Resilience the New Normal” Convening (Washington, DC)
Across the country, local and regional agencies are finding new ways of building resilience through their day-to-day decisions. By applying a new lens to not only disaster recovery but also to planning, zoning, capital investment, lending, and other routine services,...
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Materials Available from HUD Western Rural Grantee Gathering (Billings, MT)
On May 5-6, around 50 participants met in Billings, Montana for the “Sustainable Communities Initiative Western Rural Grantee Gathering,” organized by the Minnesota Housing Partnership (http://www NULL.mhponline NULL.org/) and the NADO Research Foundation through the Sustainable Communities Learning Network (http://sclearningnetwork...
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The NADO Research Foundation’s Economic Development District Training Program
The NADO Research Foundation (http://www NULL.eda NULL.gov) has received funding from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (http://www NULL.eda NULL.gov) to conduct a one-year training program for Economic Development Districts (EDDs). The goal of the program is to provide EDD staff...
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Center for Disease Control’s Community Health Status Indicators
The Center for Disease Control’s Community Health Status Indicators (CHSI) 2015 (http://wwwn NULL.cdc NULL.gov/communityhealth) is an interactive web application that produces health profiles for all 3,143 counties in the United States. Each profile includes key indicators of health outcomes, which...
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Building Economic Resilience in the Kerr-Tar Region: Recommendations for Linking Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies and Hazard Mitigation Plans
Hazard mitigation and economic development activities—both critical to the long-term prosperity of regions and communities across the country—are often conducted separately. As a result, hazard mitigation plans and economic development strategies can be disconnected, making it difficult to ensure that...
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Lessons from the Storm: Case Studies on Economic Recovery and Resilience
This case study series highlights how regional development organizations have used 2008 disaster recovery funds from EDA to address the impacts of natural disasters, become more resilient to future events, and increase long-term economic competitiveness and quality of life in their regions.
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Workshop Materials Available for “Growing the Local/Regional Food System” (Louisville, KY)
On February 18-19, nearly 45 participants came together in snowy Louisville, KY for the workshop “Growing the Local / Regional Food System: Strategies for Sustainable and Equitable Economic Development.” Organized by the Environmental Finance Center Network (http://efcnetwork NULL.org/) and the...