Providing internet solutions for housing and community development organizations.Dedicated
to improving community and economic development programs by adapting and incorporating best practices
into the initiative`s operations.
Five Vital Lessons: Successful Partnerships with Business
Guide to effective
involvement of business in partnerships for local economic development and skills.
www.ida-downtown.org
Market research firm specializing in market analysis and economic development services for downtown revitalization
projects.
srdc.msstate.edu/nacdep/
Am initiative of the Annie E. Provides online support and skills development
assistance to local enterprises and jobseekers. Provides research and best practices on community development
issues.An academic, non-profit initiative engaged in supporting distributed collaboration towards design
challenges among underserved communities and the environment.
UK Business Incubation
slums declining
www.coecon.com/
A
program of the United States Treasury Department.Leads community-wide economic development efforts by
bringing community leaders together to discuss public policy, technology, and finding collaborative
projects to encourage financial growth.
Rebuilding Communities Initiative
www.scottish-enterprise.com
/
State-wide trade association of non-profit, community-based development corporations within the state`s
economically distressed communities.
www.urcs-online.co.uk/
thinkcycle revitalize
CEOs for Cities
Department of University of
Wisconsin Extension creates, applies and transfers multidisciplinary knowledge to help people understand
community change and identify opportunities.
Community Reinvestment Fund
www.inta-aivn.org/
Encourages
the exchange of information, experience, and best practices on urban development and renewal across
the world.
www.natfed.org/
The ICA Group
Western Rural Development Center
downtowns haringey
Also includes useful links page
.
Economic Development Institute
Haringey Community Empowerment Network
Dedicated to improving community
and economic development extension programs and professionals.
www.ukbi.co.uk
bipartisan slums
Includes funding opportunities
, technical assistance, awards, and links.
www.communityempowerment.net/
Promotes rural community development
by supporting village projects and people`s institutions. Includes how-to guides, case studies, and
project summaries.
Strategic Development Solutions
Hopes to strengthen rural communities by facilitating
development research with universities and communities.
incubation thinkcycle
comm-dev.org/
Community Planning
National Neighborhood
Coalition
An alliance of non-profit and community based organizations providing current information,
advocacy, and support.
www.aecf.org/rci/
A program of the Pew Partnership for Civic Change.
South Carolina
Association of Community Development Corporations
www.communitydevelopmentsc.org/
incubation redevelop
www.occe.ou.edu/edi
/
University of Oklahoma program providing professional economic developers with training, knowledge,
and tools. Includes directive, activities and annual report.
www.livingcities.org/
www.nado.org/
www.mainstreet
.org/
NeighborWorks Net
www.rurdev.usda.gov/nrdp/
Provides information and educational programs, and conducts
research on economic and social issues that are relevant to communities and community leaders.
www.worldbank
.org/urban/
revitalize declining
www.towns.org.uk/
A non-profit corporation that offers training in support of organizations
and projects that provide low-income families and communities with resources they need to become more
self-sufficient.Consultants specializing in building strategic partnerships, creating policy, developing
strategies and securing the financial resources necessary to promote quality economic development and
housing opportunities within communities.
The New Rules Project
abandonment haringey
www.bpdarcy.com/
S.
Cities Alliance
www.communityplanning
.net/
National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals
Neighborhood Planning for Community
Revitalization
Renewal.net
www.solutionsforamerica.org/
incubation brownfields
www.cedworks.com/
Helps public and private leadership
groups develop and implement collaborative strategies for creating high-performing economic communities
.
www.communitytechnologyadvisors.com/
[in Dutch and English]
Casey Foundation helping to transform troubled
neighborhoods into safe environments.
www.virsa.org/
abandonment ilsr
www.ceosforcities.org/
Offers details about training
, technical assistance, and research.
Community Development Finance Institution Fund
Nonprofit organization
that provides access to funds for community development lenders.
www.opportunitystudies.org/
www.kigs
.org/
National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions
Renewal Associates
A guide to neighbourhood
renewal in the United Kingdom.Scotland`s main economic development agency, funded by the Scottish Executive
.
World Bank: Urban Development
llandarcy downtowns
Centre for Community Enterprise
International Urban Development Association
Living Cities
neath llandarcy
BP Darcy Development Limited
www.crfusa.com/
www.emich.edu/public/geo/557book/a100.main.html
Information relating to a host of community-revitalization efforts from across the United States, focused
on revitalizing declining neighborhoods by stabilizing home ownership and preserving housing affordable
to low- and moderate-income families.Minnesota organization working to build partnerships between community
-based organizations and local colleges and universities around community building activities.
www.newrules
.org/
communitydevelopment.uiuc.edu/
Offers support and advice to rural communities across Britain whose
village shop or other retail service is threatened.
declining viability
Community Development Society International
Provides
an annual conference, publications, newsletters, and networking opportunities. Group supports Gandhi`s
principles of self-reliance and cooperation on a local level.
University of Illinois - Community and
Economic Development
deprived brownfields
British Petroleum subsidiary working to redevelop the former Llandarcy Oil refinery
in Neath, South Wales, through loans and partnerships.
Center for Community Economic Development
www.change
.org/
Collaborative Economics
Marketek, Inc.
Provides consulting services to clients working in, or seeking
to start, worker-owned and community-based businesses.
revitalization swaraj
Association for community development practitioners
and citizen leaders around the world.Initiative supports capacity building and the development of networks
to share community knowledge and experiences.Promotes vital and livable urban centers by providing support
to business improvement districts and communities.Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) proposes
a set of new rules that builds community by supporting humanly scaled politics and economics.
Urban Regeneration
Companies
www.ext.usu.edu/wrdc/
incubation redevelop
UK national organization dedicated to promoting the vitality and viability
of small towns.
Kumarappa Institute of Gram Swaraj
[requires Flash]
www.nw.org/
A nonprofit organization
founded in Baltimore, Maryland by volunteers dedicated to providing urban communities with access to
professional, conceptual architectural, landscape, design and planning services.
www.picced.org/
An independent
body (with government backing) that promotes and supports business incubation in Britain.
haringey viability
Action for
Market Towns
www.uwex.edu/ces/cced/
Change Communications
Global association of cities and development
partners works to eliminate slums through the development of new tools, practical approaches, and knowledge
sharing.
International Downtown Association
www.neighborhoodcoalition.org/
www.vacantproperties.org/
A national
American campaign to prevent abandonment, redevelop vacant properties and revitalize existing communities
.
www.npcr.org/
The National Rural Development Partnership
declining neath
A bipartisan, nonprofit alliance of U.A starting
point for citizens interested in community involvement.
Economic Opportunity Studies
mysite.wanadoo-members
.co.uk/Haringey_CEN
Information about urban renewal in the Netherlands, including policy, processes, organizations
, and projects.The National Community Development Initiative helps improve the vitality of urban neighborhoods
by supporting community development corporations.Resources and information on how to preserve and revitalize
historic downtowns and main streets.
deprived abandonment
www.cdfifund.gov/
Economic Development Solutions, Inc.
Part of the
National Trust for Historic Preservation.
www.ndc-md.org/
www.renewal.eu.com/
Consultancy specializing
in economic, social and environmental regeneration.Networks, institutes, groups, and regional infrastructure
units responsible for international urban development lending and technical assistance.
deprived reinvestment
mayors, corporate
executives, university presidents and nonprofit leaders, that works with local and national policy-makers
to advance the economic competitiveness of cities.Builds capacity in Canadian community based organizations
by providing technical expertise and resources.
Community Empowerment Network
Includes case studies and
various resources for planners, developers, and business owners.
www.kei-centrum.nl/
Information about
policy analyses, advocacy, training courses and workshops.
www.ica-group.org/
ThinkCycle
An umbrella group
for British public-private partnerships devoted to achieving redevelopment strategies for key towns
and cities.
declining reinvestment
Includes general principles, methods, scenarios, publications, and a glossary.
Community
Revitalization
Community Technology Advisors Corp.
KEI Expert Centre Urban Renewal
www.marketekinc.com
/
Not-for-profit organization acting as advocates for, and supporting local community credit unions in
over 40 states.
www.renewal.net/
www.thinkcycle.org
incubation redevelop
www.citiesalliance.org/
Extensive collection of writings
on downtowns and urban redevelopment.
National Main Street Center
Pratt Institute Center for Community
and Environmental Development
humanly swaraj
[in Russian and English]
www.e-d-solutions.com/
fivevital.educe.co.uk
Board
and committee members, conference information, and a mailing list.
National Association of Development
Organizations
Provides training, information, networking, and representation for regional development
organizations in small metropolitan and rural areas of the United States.
National Vacant Properties
Campaign
www.strategicds.com/
Works to improve quality of life by fostering collaborative public private
partnerships.
Village Retail Services Association
ilsr declining
Part of a government initiative to bring about long
lasting regeneration in the UK`s most deprived neighborhoods.
Neighborhood Design Center
Scottish Enterprise
Solutions for America
revitalization viability
A community sponsored library.