See below for some interesting publications, training and funding opportunities ranging from teacher and youth scholar recognition to housing and economic development issues.
From: Agans, Suzette - RD, Washington, DC [mailto:Suzette.Agans@wdc.usda.gov]
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 9:00 AM
Subject: Publications, Tools, Learning, and Funding
PUBLICATIONS
Corporations and Communities: What Do They Owe Each Other?
Tax breaks, cheap energy, and investments in infrastructure are among the subsidies often requested of local communities by companies searching for locations for their operations. Edward Alden asks what companies owe in return. Recent high-profile news reports of companies such as Boeing and Microsoft reneging on promises and generally behaving badly towards the communities they sought special treatment from have highlighted the "growing power imbalance between corporations and governments." In the first of a series of posts on the topic, Alden asks if anything can be done to change this imbalance.
Kansas Beckons Natives Home with Breaks - Aug 23, 2012 -- Daily Yonder article tells how Kansas state and county governments are attempting to lure residents back to small towns with tax breaks, land offers, and major help repaying student loans.
American Community Survey and Rural Data Analysis - Discusses the American Community Survey and the challenges of that data source to understand conditions and trends in rural America.
Organization: Rural Policy Research Institute. Date: 08 / 2012
Creating Rural Wealth: A New Lens for Rural Development Efforts - Highlights from a review of research related to rural wealth creation identifying how a wealth creation perspective can inform and improve the efforts of rural communities and others seeking to promote sustainable rural prosperity. Organization: USDA Economic Research Service
Date: 09 / 2012. Journal: Amber Waves Volume: 10 Issue: 3
Distribution of Federal Economic Development Grants to Communities with High Rates of Poverty and Unemployment
Provides data that show the distribution of community and economic development grant funds to cities and rural counties with high rates of poverty and unemployment.
Organization: Government Accountability Office. Date: 09 / 2012
Household Income for States: 2010 and 2011: American Community Survey Briefs - Presents data on median household income at the national and state levels based on the 2010 and 2011 American Community Survey. Organization: U.S. Census Bureau. Date: 09 / 2012
Over Sixteen Million Children in Poverty in 2011 - Uses American Community Survey data released on September 20, 2012 to address patterns of child poverty in rural and low-income households.
Organization: Carsey Institute. Date: 09 / 2012
Housing for Rural Veterans - Special issue of Rural Voices highlighting the innovative and proactive approaches to provide housing options for rural veterans.
Organization: Housing Assistance Council. Date: 09 / 2012. Journal: Rural Voices Volume: 17 Issue: 2
The USDA Economic Research Service reports that unemployment for Veterans is higher in nonmetro counties. Between 2006 and 2010, an estimated 6.6 percent of the Veteran population was unemployed. On average, counties in the South and the West had the highest rates (6.7 percent). The average for nonmetro counties (6.7 percent) was higher than the average for metro counties (6.4 percent). Overall, nonmetro counties in the South had the highest average Veteran unemployment rate (7.0 percent). View a map of this data in the Atlas of Rural and Small-Town America on the ERS website by clicking here.
Top 20 "Culture" Small Towns, October 2, 2012
Smithsonian Magazine released it list of the Top 20 Small Towns in America, as they relate to culture. The search looked for a high concentration of museums, historic sites, botanic gardens, resident orchestras, art galleries and other cultural assets common to big cities, but focused on towns with populations less than 25,000. Listed below are the top. Click the link to see the rest, http://www.agracel.com/html/Agurban/20121002.html.
- Great Barrington, MA
- Taos, NM
- Red Bank, NJ
- Mill Valley, CA
- Gig Harbor, WA
TOOLS
A Search Engine for Landscapes - http://www.theatlanticcities.com/technology/2012/09/search-engine-landscapes/3390/
A new program developed by University of Cincinnati Professor Tomasz Stepinski allows users to find sections of the American landscape with similar land coverage or ecological patterns. The Atlantic Cities' Nate Berg reports, "LandEx
Registration - https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/560290527.
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