Science: Social_Sciences: Urban_and_Regional_Planning: Community_and_Economic

Science: Social_Sciences: Urban_and_Regional_Planning: Community_and_Economic_Development

See also:

Action for Market Towns
UK national organization dedicated to promoting the vitality and viability of small towns.

BP Darcy Development Limited
British Petroleum subsidiary working to redevelop the former Llandarcy Oil refinery in Neath, South Wales, through loans and partnerships.

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.

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.

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.

Change Communications
Providing internet solutions for housing and community development organizations. Also includes useful links page.

Cities Alliance
Global association of cities and development partners works to eliminate slums through the development of new tools, practical approaches, and knowledge sharing.

Collaborative Economics
Helps public and private leadership groups develop and implement collaborative strategies for creating high-performing economic communities.

Community Development Finance Institution Fund
A program of the United States Treasury Department. Includes funding opportunities, technical assistance, awards, and links.

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]

Community Planning
A starting point for citizens interested in community involvement. Includes general principles, methods, scenarios, publications, and a glossary.

Community Reinvestment Fund
Nonprofit organization that provides access to funds for community development lenders.

Community Revitalization
Extensive collection of writings on downtowns and urban redevelopment.

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.

Economic Development Institute
University of Oklahoma program providing professional economic developers with training, knowledge, and tools.

Economic Development Solutions, Inc.
Dedicated to improving community and economic development programs by adapting and incorporating best practices into the initiative's operations.

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.

Five Vital Lessons: Successful Partnerships with Business
Guide to effective involvement of business in partnerships for local economic development and skills.

Haringey Community Empowerment Network
Part of a government initiative to bring about long lasting regeneration in the UK's most deprived neighborhoods.

The ICA Group
Provides consulting services to clients working in, or seeking to start, worker-owned and community-based businesses.

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.

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.

KEI Expert Centre Urban Renewal
Information about urban renewal in the Netherlands, including policy, processes, organizations, and projects. [in Dutch and English]

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.

Living Cities
The National Community Development Initiative helps improve the vitality of urban neighborhoods by supporting community development corporations.

Marketek, Inc.
Market research firm specializing in market analysis and economic development services for downtown revitalization projects. [requires Flash]

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.

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.

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 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.

National Neighborhood Coalition
An alliance of non-profit and community based organizations providing current information, advocacy, and support.

The National Rural Development Partnership
Works to improve quality of life by fostering collaborative public private partnerships.

National Vacant Properties Campaign
A national American campaign to prevent abandonment, redevelop vacant properties and revitalize existing communities.

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.

Neighborhood Planning for Community Revitalization
Minnesota organization working to build partnerships between community-based organizations and local colleges and universities around community building activities.

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.

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.

Pratt Institute Center for Community and Environmental Development
Information about policy analyses, advocacy, training courses and workshops.

Renewal Associates
Consultancy specializing in economic, social and environmental regeneration.

Renewal.net
A guide to neighbourhood renewal in the United Kingdom. Includes how-to guides, case studies, and project summaries.

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.

Solutions for America
A program of the Pew Partnership for Civic Change. Provides research and best practices on community development issues.

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.

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.

ThinkCycle
An academic, non-profit initiative engaged in supporting distributed collaboration towards design challenges among underserved communities and the environment.

UK Business Incubation
An independent body (with government backing) that promotes and supports business incubation in Britain.

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.

Urban Regeneration Companies
An umbrella group for British public-private partnerships devoted to achieving redevelopment strategies for key towns and cities.

Village Retail Services Association
Offers support and advice to rural communities across Britain whose village shop or other retail service is threatened.

Western Rural Development Center
Hopes to strengthen rural communities by facilitating development research with universities and communities.

World Bank: Urban Development
Networks, institutes, groups, and regional infrastructure units responsible for international urban development lending and technical assistance.

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