Community and Economic Development Urban and Regional Planning Social Sciences

Community and Economic Development Urban and Regional Planning Social Sciences

Sites offering information on regional, community, and economic development initiatives.

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Economic Development Institute - University of Oklahoma program providing professional economic developers with training, knowledge, and tools.
International Urban Development Association - Encourages the exchange of information, experience, and best practices on urban development and renewal across the world. Provides an annual conference, publications, newsletters, and networking opportunities.
The ICA Group - Provides consulting services to clients working in, or seeking to start, worker-owned and community-based businesses.
Neighborhood Design Center - A nonprofit organization founded in Baltimore, Maryland by volunteers dedicated to providing urban communities with access to professional, conceptual architectural, landscape, design and planning services.
Community Development Society International - Association for community development practitioners and citizen leaders around the world.
Community Empowerment Network - Initiative supports capacity building and the development of networks to share community knowledge and experiences. [in Russian and English]
Economic Opportunity Studies - A non-profit corporation that offers training in support of organizations and projects that provide low-income families and communities with resources they need to become more self-sufficient.
National Vacant Properties Campaign - A national American campaign to prevent abandonment, redevelop vacant properties and revitalize existing communities.
National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions - Not-for-profit organization acting as advocates for, and supporting local community credit unions in over 40 states.
National Association of Development Organizations - Provides training, information, networking, and representation for regional development organizations in small metropolitan and rural areas of the United States.
World Bank: Urban Development - Networks, institutes, groups, and regional infrastructure units responsible for international urban development lending and technical assistance.
Pratt Institute Center for Community and Environmental Development - Information about policy analyses, advocacy, training courses and workshops.
Community Planning - A starting point for citizens interested in community involvement. Includes general principles, methods, scenarios, publications, and a glossary.
Cities Alliance - Global association of cities and development partners works to eliminate slums through the development of new tools, practical approaches, and knowledge sharing.
Renewal Associates - Consultancy specializing in economic, social and environmental regeneration.
Urban Regeneration Companies - An umbrella group for British public-private partnerships devoted to achieving redevelopment strategies for key towns and cities.
Living Cities - The National Community Development Initiative helps improve the vitality of urban neighborhoods by supporting community development corporations.
Community Technology Advisors Corp. - Leads community-wide economic development efforts by bringing community leaders together to discuss public policy, technology, and finding collaborative projects to encourage financial growth.
South Carolina Association of Community Development Corporations - State-wide trade association of non-profit, community-based development corporations within the state's economically distressed communities.
Community Development Finance Institution Fund - A program of the United States Treasury Department. Includes funding opportunities, technical assistance, awards, and links.
The New Rules Project - Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) proposes a set of new rules that builds community by supporting humanly scaled politics and economics.
International Downtown Association - Promotes vital and livable urban centers by providing support to business improvement districts and communities. Includes case studies and various resources for planners, developers, and business owners.
Community Revitalization - Extensive collection of writings on downtowns and urban redevelopment.
Kumarappa Institute of Gram Swaraj - Promotes rural community development by supporting village projects and people's institutions. Group supports Gandhi's principles of self-reliance and cooperation on a local level. Includes directive, activities and annual report.
ThinkCycle - An academic, non-profit initiative engaged in supporting distributed collaboration towards design challenges among underserved communities and the environment.
Collaborative Economics - Helps public and private leadership groups develop and implement collaborative strategies for creating high-performing economic communities.
CEOs for Cities - A bipartisan, nonprofit alliance of U.S. mayors, corporate executives, university presidents and nonprofit leaders, that works with local and national policy-makers to advance the economic competitiveness of cities.
NeighborWorks America - Information relating to a host of community-revitalization efforts from across the United States, focused on revitalizing declining neighborhoods, and supporting the development and preservation of affordable housing for low- and moderate-income families.
Village Retail Services Association - Offers support and advice to rural communities across Britain whose village shop or other retail service is threatened.
National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals - Dedicated to improving community and economic development extension programs and professionals. Board and committee members, conference information, and a mailing list.
University of Illinois - Community and Economic Development - Provides information and educational programs, and conducts research on economic and social issues that are relevant to communities and community leaders.
Western Rural Development Center - Hopes to strengthen rural communities by facilitating development research with universities and communities.
National Main Street Center - Resources and information on how to preserve and revitalize historic downtowns and main streets. Part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Community Reinvestment Fund - Nonprofit organization that provides access to funds for community development lenders.
The National Rural Development Partnership - Works to improve quality of life by fostering collaborative public private partnerships.
Marketek, Inc. - Market research firm specializing in market analysis and economic development services for downtown revitalization projects. [requires Flash]
Five Vital Lessons: Successful Partnerships with Business - Guide to effective involvement of business in partnerships for local economic development and skills.
Centre for Community Enterprise - Builds capacity in Canadian community based organizations by providing technical expertise and resources. Offers details about training, technical assistance, and research.
KEI Expert Centre Urban Renewal - Information about urban renewal in the Netherlands, including policy, processes, organizations, and projects. [in Dutch and English]
Scottish Enterprise - Scotland's main economic development agency, funded by the Scottish Executive. Provides online support and skills development assistance to local enterprises and jobseekers.
UK Business Incubation - An independent body (with government backing) that promotes and supports business incubation in Britain.
National Neighborhood Coalition - An alliance of non-profit and community based organizations providing current information, advocacy, and support.
Solutions for America - A program of the Pew Partnership for Civic Change. Provides research and best practices on community development issues.
Strategic Development Solutions - Consultants specializing in building strategic partnerships, creating policy, developing strategies and securing the financial resources necessary to promote quality economic development and housing opportunities within communities.
Economic Development Solutions, Inc. - Dedicated to improving community and economic development programs by adapting and incorporating best practices into the initiative's operations.
Neighborhood Planning for Community Revitalization - Minnesota organization working to build partnerships between community-based organizations and local colleges and universities around community building activities.
Center for Community Economic Development - Department of University of Wisconsin Extension creates, applies and transfers multidisciplinary knowledge to help people understand community change and identify opportunities.
Renewal.net - A guide to neighbourhood renewal in the United Kingdom. Includes how-to guides, case studies, and project summaries.

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