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The EPA has invited communities to apply for technical assistance through the Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities Program.

From the EPA’s announcement, this program intends “to help…

The first Food Hub Management Certificate Program in the country will launch at the University of Vermont this January.  Yellow Wood is particularly excited about this program.  The program draws on…

For the third time this year, I was back in Helena, Arkansas, this time with Samantha. Upon arriving at Memphis International Airport, we rented a sensible car this time, and were off on Highway 61,…

Last year, I had the pleasure of presenting a half day seminar on our strategic planning and measurement process You Get What You Measure® at the Land Trust…

Looking for funding? Consider these two grant opportunities, both with deadlines this fall. The first grant opportunity is open to applications from food coops nation-wide. The second is open to those…

Samantha and I just returned from a quick trip to the Verde Valley in Arizona. This is an area of small, old western towns in the mountains of Arizona, including Cottonwood, Clarkdale, Jerome, Camp…

This article, "CEI: Mastering the Heavy Lift of Rural Economic Development," profiles CEI, a highly successful rural CDFI (community development finance institution)…

The wonderful women of the Black Belt Treasures Cultural Arts Center (BBTCAC), Sulynn Creswell, Judy Martin and Kristin Law, are at it again. They have…

Every so often I find myself thinking about the Wealth Works framework in new or expanded ways. I would like to share these thoughts with the Wealth…

I'm looking forward to the full NACo County News writeup of the 2014 Annual Conference, but in the meantime I was delighted to read a writeup of several sessions in their Conference Daily - including…