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Preston, James C. – 1980
Published to provide the reader with a working knowledge of the educational programs provided for local governments by land grant institutions in the 12 Northeastern states, these proceedings present papers and summary reports covering important aspects of the various programs. Part I contains in-depth papers concerning: the development of local…
Descriptors: Community Services, Curriculum Development, Extension Education, Government School Relationship
Gordon, Dennis A. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1986
Describes how one of Kentucky's fastest growing counties handles growth-related problems without zoning ordinances using an innovative Development Guidance System. Discusses the origin and adoption of the system, system procedures, criteria used in granting development permits, and public reaction. (LFL)
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Cooperation, Community Planning, Community Programs
Fairfield Univ., CT. – 1973
The New Rural Society Concept, which urges establishment of a more balanced rural-urban population distribution in response to the interdependent rural-urban energy crisis, is explicated in this report on a model project initiated in 1972 in 10 northeastern Connecticut townships. The following are cited as major project objectives: (1) to obtain…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Business, Community Services, Education
Baker, Harold R. – 1993
This book examines cases of rural community development initiatives in the United States, Canada, and Europe, identified during a study of multicommunity collaboration projects. Section 1 includes 36 community development ideas operating at provincial, regional, and local levels. Included are ideas such as bank community development corporations,…
Descriptors: Community Development, Economic Change, Economic Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Baker, Harold R. – 1993
This book reports on a study of rural community development policies and practices in the United States, Europe, and Canada in relation to multicommunity collaboration as a rural restructuring strategy. The study focused on multicommunity collaboration involving two or more small rural communities working together to attain social or economic…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Development, Community Leaders, Cooperative Programs
Download full textAppalachian Regional Commission, Washington, DC. – 1979
The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), established by Congress in 1965, is a unique partnership of federal, state, and local government action attempting to provide every person living in the region with the health and skills needed to compete in everyday life and to attract new industry to the region, thus providing more jobs and a more…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Services, Construction Programs, Economic Development
Carter, Keith A.; And Others – 1977
Project 2142 was a multi-phase effort to discover and mobilize for dissemination to rural decision-makers various information and findings pertaining to the quality of life experienced by rural people. The initial research phases involved design of a conceptual framework that placed some parameters on the variety of social phenomena studied.…
Descriptors: County Programs, Decision Making, Delivery Systems, Education
