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Publications
Last Updated:
03/20/2006
- Best Practices, 1999--Best
practices taken from the 1999 annual reports of rural EZ/ECs, Champions, and
REAP Zones. (pdf file, 425 K)
- By-Laws for Champion Communities,
generic bylaws that communities can modify for local use (Word 97/2000
document, 34 K)
- Community Development Benchmark Management System--Instruction Manual, Version
4 (pdf file, 398 K)
-
Community Development
Technical Assistance Handbook--Provides information and guidance
concerning the community development technical assistance process and the
delivery of these services to Rural Development clients.
- "Community Empowerment--A New Approach to Rural Development" An article by Norman Reid in the May 1999 issue of Rural Development Perspectives that reviews the history and progress of the rural Community Empowerment Initiative (pdf file, 393 K)
- Community Empowerment--Your Guide to Participation (brochure) (pdf file, 54 K)
- Community Participation: How
People Power Brings Sustainable Benefits to Communities. (pdf
file, 162 K)
- Empowering Rural Communities: A
Perspective at the Five-Year Point (pdf file, 240 K)
- The EZ/EC Administrative
Handbook - Volume 1: Intro and Rio Grande Valley EZ example (pdf file 1,359
K)
- The EZ/EC Administrative
Handbook - Volume 2: Kentucky Highlands EZ example (pdf file 3,200
K)
- The EZ/EC Administrative
Handbook - Volume 3: Accomack and Northampton EC example (pdf file
3,743 K)
- The EZ/EC Administrative
Handbook - Volume 4: North Delta EC example (pdf file 5,542 K)
- The EZ/EC Administrative
Handbook - Volume 5: McDowell County EC example (pdf file 3,528 K)
- A Guide to
Rural Resources--A link to USDA's Rural Information Center (RIC).
RIC provides information and referral services to local, tribal, state, and
federal government officials; community organizations; rural electric and
telephone cooperatives; libraries; businesses; and, citizens working to maintain
the vitality of America's rural areas. The RIC Website contains over 2,500 links
to current and reliable information on a wide variety of rural resources and
funding sources.
- A Guide to Strategic Planning for Rural Communities (pdf file, 49 K)
- A Guide to Implementation and Benchmarking for Rural Communities
(pdf file, 59 K)
- IRS Publication 954:
Tax Incentives for Empowerment Zones and Other Distressed Communities, Revised
June 2004 (pdf file, 147 K)
-
Poverty,
Race and Community in Rural Places: The Empowerment Approach (pdf file,122
K) A paper written by Norman Reid presented at the 2002 Community
Development Society (CDS) Conference.
- The
Premise and Promise of Citizenship and Civil Society for Renewing Democracies
and Empowering Sustainable Communities. (pdf file, 515 K)
- Progress Report of Round I Rural Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities (pdf file, K)
- Rural Information
Publications--These publications cover a broad range of topics and are
divided into two categories in this menu: rural publications, and rural health
publications. General rural publications include those on education,
transportation, general funding for rural areas, historic preservation,
tourism, leadership, natural resources, financial management for local
governments and more. Health publications cover funding resources, health
personnel issues and specific health topics.
- Strategies for Providing Rural Transit(pdf
file, 157 K)
- Tax Credit: Spotlilght on Results: Capturing Successes in Renewal Communities and Empowerment Zones, 2006 (pdf file, 2.7 MB)
- Tax Incentives + Business = Jobs: A
Marketing Primer on How to Entice Businesses to Renewal Communities,
Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities
- Tax Incentive Guide for Businesses in the Renewal Communities, Empowerment Zones and
Enterprise Communities FY2003(pdf file, 1.2 MB)
- Tax Incentive
Guide for Businesses in the Renewal Communities, Empowerment Zones and
Enterprise Communities (pdf file, 868 K)
- Templates to Create and Update Benchmarks Outside of the BMS:
- What Works! II
in the Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities, Volume II (pdf file, 4,767 K)
- What Works! IV in the Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities, Volume
IV (pdf file)
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