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SocioEconomic Trends 2000 Download file EXECUTIVE SUMMARY New York State in Transition: A Half-Century of Dynamic Change in Major Social, Economic, and Well-Being Indicators, 1950 - 2000 Every 10 years with the publication of the decennial US Census opportunities arise for reviewing a... |
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Economic Security of Households What are the social and economic factors that contribute to strong and healthy communities? How can communities support households in achieving financial security? |
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Sustaining Progress: A Model that Identifies Key Variables and Explains Why Organized Efforts Succeed and Fail In a competitive world, progress is viewed as a highly valued outcome. What encourages and allows progress to occur? What retards it or blocks it? This publication addresses these two questions. All organizations, free to determine their own future... |
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Clues to Rural Community Survival Background Why are some rural communities coping with fundamental Restructuring when others seem to have surrendered to crisis? With that question in mind, the Heartland Center for Leadership Development undertook in-depth case studies of five rural Nebraska communities with populations... |
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Downtown Revitalization: Some Simple Methods to Inventory and Survey your Local Downtown Click here for a printable version (.pdf) Summary Completing a downtown inventory should be one of the first steps in any downtown revitalization effort. This tool offers several low-cost inventory methods to help local revitalization programs. Overview Many downtowns... |
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The New York State Social Indicator Project The New York State Social Indicator Project is a map-based information system or data archive. Designed to meet the needs of a variety of potential users, from planners and public officials to community organizations, this web application is useful... |
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Census Information and Your Community Perhaps the most important first step in "benchmarking" your community is to know who you are. One of the easiest ways to do this is to look at readily available information about your community, such as demographic data available... |
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What is a GIS and What Does it Do? Are questions like these of interest to your community? Where are the most productive agricultural soils in town located? How many acres of the best soils are on land zoned for development? How many different owners hold land that... |
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First Impressions: A Program for Community Improvement After having visited someplace you've never been to before, you always have an opinion about it: how it looked, how it could be improved, what you'll remember about it, or how it compares to your own hometown. These ideas... |
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An Introduction to Concept Mapping for Planning and Evaluation for Community Development The evaluation of community development programs is complicated by the often-competing expectations of funders, community members and project managers. Some of these interests are represented by evaluation efforts that focus on process and participation, while others may be more... |
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Community Challenges and Choices What is "Community Challenges and Choices? The "Community Challenges and Choices" slide presentation encourages your community to step back and examine the unique characteristics and significant elements you value and wish to preserve in your village or town. Opportunities... |
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Thriving Hometowns Network The Thriving Hometowns Network is a compilation of more than 50 original and in-depth community and economic development case studies drawn from small communities (most less than 10,000 population). The Network, housed on the National Center for Small Communities... |
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