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Youth With a Voice: Engaging Young People in Rural and Small Town Community...
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View ArticleWorkshop Materials: Prospering as an Entrepreneurial Community
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New England HUD Peer Exchange Materials (Portsmouth, NH)
On August 8-9, 2013, the NADO Research Foundation hosted a New England Peer Exchange in Portsmouth, New Hampshire which brought together around 30 participants from HUD Sustainable Communities grants...
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New Report Features Small Towns Implementing Innovative Sustainability Policies
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Upcoming Webinar (7/24): Strengthening Rural-Urban Connections to Support...
Though geography, politics, and demographics often result in “rural” and “urban” communities being thought of as distinct and unrelated places, current economic and social realities reveal that an...
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Online Resource: Planning for Prosperity in Small Towns and Rural Regions
The NADO Research Foundation has developed a new website Planning for Prosperity in Small Towns and Rural Regions that contains materials developed over the past four years by NADO and its partners...
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These materials are from the “Rural Poverty and Equitable Development” session held at the Prosperous Places workshop in Salt Lake City, March 25-26. Organized by NADO and Envision Utah, this workshop...
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These materials are from Chuck Fluharty’s keynote address “Progress and Challenges in Place-Based Rural Policies” given at the Prosperous Places workshop in Salt Lake City, March 25-26. Organized by...
View ArticleWorkshop Materials: Implementing a Regional Plan as an Over-arching Economic...
These materials are from the “Implementing a Regional Plan as an Over-arching Economic Development Strategy – Focus on Implementation Strategies and Toolkit” session held at the Prosperous Places...
View ArticleWebinar Materials: Addressing Equity and Rural Poverty
On April 16, NADO and PolicyLink co-hosted the webinar “Addressing Equity and Rural Poverty: The View from the Ground.” The presentation highlighted the opportunities and challenges small towns and...
View ArticleWorkshop Materials: Prospering as an Entrepreneurial Community
On April 23-24, 2013 in Greenville, South Carolina, NADO hosted a Southeast Region Peer Exchange for HUD Sustainable Communities Regional Planning and Community Challenge Grantees working in rural or...
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New England HUD Peer Exchange Materials (Portsmouth, NH)
On August 8-9, 2013, the NADO Research Foundation hosted a New England Peer Exchange in Portsmouth, New Hampshire which brought together around 30 participants from HUD Sustainable Communities grants...
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New Report Features Small Towns Implementing Innovative Sustainability Policies
A new ICMA report, written with the support of the NADO Research Foundation through its Sustainable Communities capacity building grant from HUD, features seven brief case studies of small...
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[Click here to download the presentation slides (PDF)] Across the country, small towns are rediscovering and reclaiming their main streets and downtowns by pursuing innovative community and economic...
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Though geography, politics, and demographics often result in “rural” and “urban” communities being thought of as distinct and unrelated places, current economic and social realities reveal that an...
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