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Action for Market Towns - UK national organization dedicated to promoting the vitality and viability of small towns.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Cities Alliance - Global association of cities and development partners works to eliminate slums through the development of new tools, practical approaches, and knowledge sharing.
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Collaborative Economics - Helps public and private leadership groups develop and implement collaborative strategies for creating high-performing economic communities.
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Community Development Finance Institution Fund - A program of the United States Treasury Department. Includes funding opportunities, technical assistance, awards, and links.
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Community Development Society International - Association for community development practitioners and citizen leaders around the world.
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Community Empowerment Network - Initiative supports capacity building and the development of networks to share community knowledge and experiences. [in Russian and English]
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Community Planning - A starting point for citizens interested in community involvement. Includes general principles, methods, scenarios, publications, and a glossary.
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Community Reinvestment Fund - Nonprofit organization that provides access to funds for community development lenders.
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Community Revitalization - Extensive collection of writings on downtowns and urban redevelopment.
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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.
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Economic Development Institute - University of Oklahoma program providing professional economic developers with training, knowledge, and tools.
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Economic Development Solutions, Inc. - Dedicated to improving community and economic development programs by adapting and incorporating best practices into the initiative's operations.
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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.
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Five Vital Lessons: Successful Partnerships with Business - Guide to effective involvement of business in partnerships for local economic development and skills.
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The ICA Group - Provides consulting services to clients working in, or seeking to start, worker-owned and community-based businesses.
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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.
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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.
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KEI Expert Centre Urban Renewal - Information about urban renewal in the Netherlands, including policy, processes, organizations, and projects. [in Dutch and English]
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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.
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Living Cities - The National Community Development Initiative helps improve the vitality of urban neighborhoods by supporting community development corporations.
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Marketek, Inc. - Market research firm specializing in market analysis and economic development services for downtown revitalization projects. [requires Flash]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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National Neighborhood Coalition - An alliance of non-profit and community based organizations providing current information, advocacy, and support.
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The National Rural Development Partnership - Works to improve quality of life by fostering collaborative public private partnerships.
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National Vacant Properties Campaign - A national American campaign to prevent abandonment, redevelop vacant properties and revitalize existing communities.
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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.
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Neighborhood Planning for Community Revitalization - Minnesota organization working to build partnerships between community-based organizations and local colleges and universities around community building activities.
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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.
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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.
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Pratt Institute Center for Community and Environmental Development - Information about policy analyses, advocacy, training courses and workshops.
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Renewal Associates - Consultancy specializing in economic, social and environmental regeneration.
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Renewal.net - A guide to neighbourhood renewal in the United Kingdom. Includes how-to guides, case studies, and project summaries.
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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.
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Solutions for America - A program of the Pew Partnership for Civic Change. Provides research and best practices on community development issues.
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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.
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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.
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ThinkCycle - An academic, non-profit initiative engaged in supporting distributed collaboration towards design challenges among underserved communities and the environment.
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UK Business Incubation - An independent body (with government backing) that promotes and supports business incubation in Britain.
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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.
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Urban Regeneration Companies - An umbrella group for British public-private partnerships devoted to achieving redevelopment strategies for key towns and cities.
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Village Retail Services Association - Offers support and advice to rural communities across Britain whose village shop or other retail service is threatened.
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Western Rural Development Center - Hopes to strengthen rural communities by facilitating development research with universities and communities.
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