Leadership and organization includes assisting downtown management and executive directors of commercial district programs. It also contains assisting merchants, volunteers, and engaging the community.
This toolbox contains tools that Main Street executive directors and volunteers can use to assist downtown businesses, carry out downtown improvement projects, provide information for residents and visitors and run their own organizations effectively.
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Local residents and community leaders are concerned with identifying options for diversifying their economy and establishing a long-term vision for their community. The Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service (OCES) provides technical assistance in strategic planning for economic development.
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Self-identified communities with up to 25,000 people that aim to develop a new generation of local leaders; promote the launch, survival and growth of small businesses and entrepreneurs; or invest in place through community design, public space developments, local foods, or other quality of life initiatives are eligible and encouraged to apply.
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The Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs is a clearinghouse for information on rural issues, coordinates rural research, and works with state agencies on issues of importance to rural communities.
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This manual is designed to help small town revitalization efforts. Building on several basic principles, the manual provides small Pennsylvania communities with a menu of low-cost tools and strategies that they can adopt as they try to revitalize their central business districts.
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This publication includes stories about planning and implementing economic development strategies in 45 small towns with populations of fewer than 10,000 residents.
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The University of Wisconsin-Extension (UWEX), through its statewide network of county-based UWEX educators, is a leader in helping Wisconsin communities examine and evaluate how Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) can support their economic development plans.
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The Great Community Book Read is a program offered by SDSU Extension to encourage citizens to learn about and discuss community-wide issues that are impacting the sustainability of South Dakota’s small towns.
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Strategic planning is a process for groups, organizations or community leaders to enable them to determine the organization’s purpose, clearly articulate goals, improve the desired outcomes for the organization or community, and to move the community or organization forward, to a collective, desired future.
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