Empowering Communities
An empowered community is a place where:
- Residents hold a common vision of their collective future which challenges, motivates and unites them;
- Leaders identify and resolve issues; and
- Organizations and institutions anticipate and adapt to an ever changing environment.
ieconomic, social, cultural or environmental situation.
Broadband - Planning for Community Connectivity
"Building Communities" Educational Series
Community Development Photo Archive
Community Economic Development Preparedness Index
Community and Economic Development Toolbox
The Community and Economic Development Toolbox is a web-based resource created to guide community groups through the process of preparing for economic development action. This tool was developed by the University of Wisconsin Extension Community Economic Development Preparedness Team and has links to many useful resources and tools developed by Extension.
Community Economic Profiles/Data Sources
Fund-Raising & Grant Writing Resources
The Journal of Regional Analysis & Policy
Publications
Building Our Future - A Guide to Community Visioning [1409 kb], Gary Green, Anna Haines, Stephen Halebsky
Community Organizational Assessment Tool
Creating My Hometown: An Exercise in Land Use Decision Making, Steve Kohlstedt, Richland County UWEX, CCED Staff Paper 03.1, March, 2003
Guidelines/Commentary for Using the Community Organizational Assessment Tool, by Robert D. Bright (Retired from the Community Dynamics Institute, UWEX)
The Vision to Action: Take Charge Too workbook is available from the North Central Regional Center for Rural Development. This document provides a basic guideline for helping communities and organizations develop a vision, and an action plan for accomplishing that vision.
Feasibility Analysis: Creation of a Wood Technology Program at NC Technical College
