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Community Economic Analysis: A How To Manual

Topic: Community Planning, Resilience, and Sustainability, Community-Based Economic Development | Phase: Initiating & Scoping, Organizing, Assessing, Visioning & Planning, Implementing, Evaluating & Reflecting | Resource Use: , | Resource Format: Tool

By Ronald J. Hustedde, Ron Shaffer, and Glen C. Pulver This manual addresses three key questions at the local level: 1) What are the current economic conditions in the community? 2) What components of the community have been growing or what components have been declining? 3). What are the community’s…

A Convenors Guide to Hosting a Public Forum

Topic: Community Planning, Resilience, and Sustainability, Inclusive Processes and Engagement, Organizational Development | Phase: Initiating & Scoping | Resource Use: , | Resource Format: Process Guide

This publication will assist an agent with details of how to organize a host committee and design a public forum.

Community Assessment Focus Group Guide

Topic: Community Planning, Resilience, and Sustainability, Inclusive Processes and Engagement | Phase: Assessing | Resource Use: , | Resource Format: Process Guide

The Extension Community Assessment Focus Group Facilitation Guide is a tool for facilitating listening sessions with community members. Involving community members in a focus group is an effective way to engage people in discussion and the identification of community issues. This document provides guidance to Extension Agents to facilitate a…