Report
Southern Regional Policy Center: Action Plan
Document provides an action plan for the Southern Regional Policy Center (SRPC). Document provides brief outline of intended areas of focus.
Southern Regional Policy Center: A Prospectus
Prospectus serves as brief road map for the Southern Regional Policy Center at the University of North Carolina umbrella.
Southern Regional Policy Center: Questions & Answers
Question & Answer document serves as brief introductory document to the Southern Regional Policy Center goals in developing and furthering regional economic policy.
Innovation and Challenges for State Rural Councils
Document serves a conceptual tool to help define, guide, and measure the process of organizational change into the State Rural Development Councils (SRDC).
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).
NAFTA: An Assesment
Document summarizes the central provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and evaluates the economic impact of the agreement.
New Businesses, Entrepreneurship, and Rural Development: State Policies and Generating Rural Growth from Within
Explore strategies for fostering rural growth through entrepreneurship and state policies in this comprehensive report by Aspen CSG.
Representing Rural America: Development Needs and Policy
This report summarizes the survey over thirty experts in the rural economic development sphere (directors of grassroots rural organizations, policy institutes, rural advocates, state and federal government officials, congressional aides, academics, and general policy experts.)
Greater Expectations: The South’s Workforce is The South’s Future
Paper states Southern workforce should direct policy focus on skill training to keep up with changing economic tides and industries.
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.
Business Finance as a Tool for Development (final book)
This file, titled "BUSINESS FINANCE AS A TOOL FOR DEVELOPMENT," is a 1992 publication by The Aspen Institute's State Policy Program. Authored by Deborah Markley with Katharine McKee, it examines the evolution and best practices of state development finance programs. The document highlights the shift in state economic development strategies from "smokestack-chasing" (subsidized relocation) in the 1960s-70s to fostering homegrown businesses in the 1980s.
Utilities and Industries: New Partnerships for Rural Development
The file discusses new partnerships between utilities and industries for rural development. It emphasizes the importance of utilities in stimulating economic development activities, particularly in small towns and rural areas that lack resources to cope with economic change. The document proposes a state-based program where utilities actively partner to encourage modernization of industrial process technologies.