Measuring Rural Wealth Creation: A Guide for Regional Development Organizations

The NADO Research Foundation has released the new publication Measuring Rural Wealth Creation: A Guide for Regional Development Organizations (PDF).  Rural wealth creation is a 21st century approach to community and economic development that is demand-driven, focusing on market opportunities that capitalize on a community’s existing assets or underutilized resources. Wealth creation takes an intentionally inclusive approach by working to build lasting livelihoods, including increasing jobs and incomes of low-income people.  It also emphasizes local ownership and control of assets.

Report front cover with the title Measuring Rural Wealth Creation: A Guide for Regional Development Organizations; the publication date of November 2016, and the attribution line for the NADO Research Foundation.The Measuring Wealth Creation guide introduces concepts of measuring progress in rural wealth creation for regional development organizations that are involved in a range of community and economic development within their regions.  Although this guide is intended to help measure the work of a particular economic development initiative or industry partnership such as a value chain, it may also offer useful information for measuring progress in a region’s CEDS or other broad economic development and planning work.

The guide includes information on developing a measurement plan, measuring multiple forms of community capital beyond jobs, measuring inclusiveness and local ownership of assets, and more strategies and tips for measuring and communicating progress.

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Earlier in 2016, the NADO Research Foundation also released the Regional Wealth Creation Case Studies, showcasing the work of three regional development organizations using the rural wealth creation framework.

Many more resources relating to rural wealth creation as an economic development framework have been produced by several different organizations who make up the WealthWorks Initiative Partners.  View introductory modules on rural wealth creation, how-to resources, and case studies at www.WealthWorks.org.

Some highlighted resources from other organizations working on the rural wealth creation effort, known as WealthWorks, include:

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The primary applicant must be a NADO member. Project partners, both NADO and non-members, can be recognized under "Project Partners" below.

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Please craft clear, thoughtful, and engaging responses to the following questions. Use the following sections to tell us how your project has made an impact, such as its use of creative funding mechanisms, efforts to create efficiencies or reduce costs, unique partnership models, and emphasis on building resilience and/or enhancing your region's quality of life.

For award-winning projects, the information provided below may be used verbatim to inform project descriptions that will be published in the 2023 NADO Impact Awards materials and included on the NADO website.

Please submit at least one photo showing your project in action. Please keep file size to a minimum (<2Mb) and use JPEG format. If uploading multiple files, ZIP files prior to submitting. If you have trouble uploading images they can be directly emailed to Brett Schwartz at [email protected] Include the project title they correspond to in the subject line of your email.

Note: Submitted photos may be used in NADO Impact Awards materials and in other NADO published materials with credit to your organization. Please also consider submitting photos for NADO's 2023 Photo Contest, which will be held this summer.


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