Local and State Policy
Gilpin County Regional Planning Commission Report
Report details findings of survey that assess the recreation and park needs of residents of the three governmental entities (Black Hawk, Central City and Gilpin County).
New Businesses, Entrepreneurship, and Rural Development: State Policies and Generating Rural Growth from Within
Final report of project entitled the "Rural Economic and Community Development State Policy Academy."
Small Stakes Gambling in Rural Communities: Policy Implications for State Government
Report seeks to examine experiences of Deadwood, SD and Central City, Black Hawk, and Cripple Creek, CO communities in regards to gambling presences in order to foster and promote thoughtful state government policy on small stakes gambling.
State Economic Development Programs and Local Needs
Study explores the broad subject of economic development in the rural state of Mississippi from the perspective of locally elected policy makers.
Economic Development and Commerce Policy State Policy Reports
Report analyzes the impacts of eight rural initiatives put in place under the Bush Administration in 1990.
How Strategic Development Organizations Can Be Effective for State Governments
This report seeks to examine state economic development policy processes in terms of effectiveness.
Gearing Up for Success: Organizing a State for Rural Development
Purpose of this book is to provide states-and their rural development partners- with some guidance that will better enable them to create and implement successful rural development strategies.
Significant Others: Exploring the Potential of Manufacturing Networks
Report examines the possibilities and pitfalls of efforts to build flexible manufacturing networks.
Economic Development Strategies of the Great Plains
Paper seeks to examine how state government in Great Plains states see their role in economic development.
Studying Communities in Transition: A Case Study of Superior, Nebraska
Case study examines communities in transition in order to understand health community success in small towns across the Midwest.
Rural Development Councils: Preliminary Findings and Conclusions
Report reflects the experience of the eight Rural Development Councils initiated as part of the Federal Rural Initiative that provides a baseline of information on the organization and early development of the effort.
Rural Development Councils: Volume 2
Contains eight state case studies that have been developed to track the development of the federal-state initiative.