Infrastructure
Manufacturing Assistance Program Needs Assessment Guide: Volume 2: Firm-Level Needs Assessment Approachment
Part II of the Manufacturing Assistance Program Needs Assessment Guide.
Understanding State Economies Through Industry Studies
This file, "REPP-1990-Redman.pdf," is a report titled "Understanding State Economies Through Industry Studies" by John M. Redman, published in 1994 by the Council of Governors' Policy Advisors. The report serves as a guide for state policy advisors, economic development officials, and public sector researchers to understand their economies through focused industry studies.
The Economic Development Strategies of the Great Plains Studies
This report, titled "The Economic Development Strategies of the Great Plains States," was prepared by the Center for the New West in June 1992. The principal author is Louis D. Higgs, with Claudia Giannetti as contributing author. Funding for the report was provided in part by the State Rural Policy Program of the Aspen Institute and The Ford Foundation, the Denver Regional office of the US Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration, and the Center for the New West.
State Economic Development Programs and Local Needs: Where Is The Common Ground?
This report, titled "State Economic Development Programs and Local Needs: Where Is The Common Ground?", explores the disconnect between the economic development needs perceived by local policymakers in rural Mississippi and the state-level policies designed to address them. The research, funded by the Aspen Institute and the Ford Foundation, was conducted by the John C. Stennis Institute of Government at Mississippi State University in 1992.
National Trust’s Main Street Program as Rural Tool
Paper highlights the Main Street Program of the National Trust for Historical Preservation.
Agenda: Rural Telecommunications Initiative Advisory Committee Meeting; Rural Telecommunications Initiative Request for Proposal
This file outlines the Rural Telecommunications Initiative (RTI), a program proposed by the Aspen Institute's Rural Economic Policy Program in collaboration with The Ford Foundation and MDC, Inc., and submitted to Apple Computer, Inc. on May 4, 1990.
Through the Revolving Door: An Analysis of Rural Wastewater Facility Financing
This report, Through the Revolving Door: An Analysis of Rural Wastewater Facility Financing, by the Center for Community Change, examines the challenges rural communities face in financing wastewater facilities. It highlights the impact of the 1987 Water Quality Act, which replaced the EPA Construction Grants program with State Revolving Funds (SRFs), shifting from grants to loans.
Rural Revitalization and Telecommunications: A Study of Four Communities
This file, focuses on how telecommunications can contribute to rural revitalization in the United States, particularly concerning economic development and social services. T
Strategies for Rural Social Service Organization and Delivery
This monograph, “Strategies for Rural Social Service Organization and Delivery,” by Ronald C. Faas, James C. Barron, and Gary W....
Explaining the New Spatial Inequality: Regulatory Policy and Local Economic Capacity
This report, titled "EXPLAINING THE NEW SPATIAL INEQUALITY Regulatory Policy and Local Economic Capacity" by Susan Christopherson (May 1991), argues that increasing spatial inequality in the U.S., evidenced by income disparities, unemployment rates, and access to basic services, is not solely due to changing market conditions.
Building Blocks of Rural Development
Paper is intended to be a reference point for state and local leaders to address economic development in rural South.
State Telecommunications Policy: Working Notes from the Aspen Institute Conference of September 26-28, 1990
Report summarizes the highlights of the Aspen Institute's conference, "State Telecommunications Policy," on September 26-28, 1990 at the River House Conference Center.