NETWORK Archive

The Northeast Center publishes the quarterly newsletter, NETWORK, that focuses primarily on issues and problems of rural areas in the northeast region of the United States. You can view on-line copies of NETWORK by following the links below. If you would prefer to receive a hard-copy of any or all of the articles from an issue of NETWORK, please contact the center, 814-863-4656.

NETWORK volumes currently available on-line:



 

June, 2008

From the Director: "Youth Entrepreneurship vs. 'Generation Debt'; " Galaxy III; Making Cents International Conference; "Building Wealth Through Ownership: Resident-Owned Manufactured Housing Communities in New Hampshire;" "Strengthening Entrepreneurship and Building Leadership Capacity in Rural Communities;" "A Toolkit for Measuring Sprawl;" Land Grant Youth Entrepreneurship Agenda; Transatlantic Land Use Conference Policy Briefs; "The Association Between Urban Sprawl and Obesity: Is It A Two-Way Street?"
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March, 2008

From the Director: "Targeted Regional Economic Development - Making a Comeback;" Call For Proposals; Galaxy III; Community Development Institute East; Making Cents Conference; "Small Farm Clusters and Pathways to Rural Community Sustainability;" "Entrepreneurship and Urban Success: Toward a Policy Consensus;" USDA Economic Research Report; NERCRD Annual Report; Northeast Regional Entrepreneurship Resource Team.
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December, 2007 From the Director: "Population Change 2000-2005 and the Rural Northeast Economy;" SARE's 20th Anniversary Conference; PILD Conference; CDI East; Galaxy III "Celebrating the Extension System: Strengths, Diversity, and Unique Qualities;" SENSOR Conference; "Fifty Years of Farmland Protection Legislation in the Northeast: Persistent Issues and Emergent Research Opportunities;" "Carving Out Policy Space for Sustainability in Biofuel Production;" TALUC books; Core Competencies; Poverty Research.
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September, 2007 From the Director: "Land Use Conference Brings Together US and European Scientists;" RDP 37: "Regional Listening Sessions on Rural Entrepreneurship: Lessons from the Northeast;" RDP 38: "Targeting Regional Economic Development: An Outline of a National Extension Educational Program;" National Rural Assembly Final Report; NASULGC; SARE 20th Anniversary; Core Competencies Training; June Network; SARE Funding Opportunities; Guest Speaker.
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June, 2007 From the Director: "In Pursuit of the Rural Creative Class;" TALUC Transatlantic Land Use Conference; "Regional Growth Impacts on Agricultural Land Development: A Spatial Model for Three States," Agricultural and Resource Economics Review article; "Foundations of Practice" Community Development Core Competencies; "SYFS Level 1, Strengthening Your Facilitation Skills Train the Trainer;" Youth Microenterprise Conference; "Foundations of Community Practice: Enhancing Our Skills to Successfully Meet Community Needs" Core Competency Training; NACDEP Presentations and Poster Sessions from the Northeast; Regional Entrepreneurship Team; Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) grants information; Papers presentated at the Rural Creative Economy Workshop featured in the April 2007 issue of Agricultural and Resource Economics Review.
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March, 2007 From the Director: "Identifying and Creating Value Through Clusters;" TALUC Transatlantic Land Use Conference; "Foundations of Practice" Community Development Core Competencies; 2007 Urban Extension Conference; The Community Development Society and The National Rural Development Partnership Annual Conference; "E-Commerce Strategies for Small Businesses and Communities;" "Building Entrepreneurial Communities in the Northeast;" "Northeast Land Grant Land Use (NEELUN) Strategic Planning meeting;" Rural Realities Issue; Collaboration with RUPRI; RDP No. 34: "The Economic Case for State-Level Land Use Decision-Making;" RDP No. 35: "A Systems Approach to Community Land Use Education, Planning, and Action;" RDP No. 36: "Evaluation Research and Strategy Development for the Tourism Enterprise Development Activities of the Progress Fund;" Rural America at a Glance, 2006 Edition; "Biofueling America: Making the Case for Linking Biofuel Production to Rural Revitalization;" "West Virginia Farm Direct Marketing: A County Level Analysis;" NERCRD Annual Report 2006.
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December, 2006 From the Director: "Explaining Self-Employment Success and Failure;" TALUC Transatlantic Land Use Conference; NACDEP 2007 "Declaration of Interdependence: The Fabric of Community;" 2007 Urban Extension Conference; Community Development Society and The National Rural Development Partnership Annual Conference; "What is Rural?;" Community Development East Update; "Snappy?, the Traffic Safety Turtle: A Community Based Safety Program for Children and Their Families;" the third issue of Rural Realities "Community Emergency Response Teams: From Disaster Responders to Community Builders;" SARE Funding Opportunities.
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September, 2006 From the Regional Program Coordinator: "Are We Poised for a Rural Renaissance in the Northeast?" Brownfields 2006: Revolution in Redevelopment Conference; NACDEP 2007 “Declaration of Interdependence: The Fabric of Community;” "Building Entrepreneurial Communities in the Northeast Meeting;" The 2006 National Extension Tourism Conference, “NETworking in Tourism: People, Places and Partnerships;” Northeast Land Grant Land Use Strategic Planning Meeting; “The Magic of Community: History, Change, and Regional Development;” 2007 Urban Extension Conference; RDP 33: "The Place-Based Structural Determinants and Effects of Self-Employment;" Issue Brief: “Population Change and Rural Society;” 2006 National Extension Tourism Conference Concurrent Sessions Presentations from the Notheast; Rural Realities, "Rural People, Rural Places: The Hidden Costs of Hurricane Katrina;” “Catalyzing Change:” Profiles of Cornell Cooperative Extension Educators from Greene, Tompkins, and Erie Counties, New York; SARE Funding Opportunities.
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June, 2006 From the Director: "Building a 21st Century Rural Workforce" NETworking in Tourism: People, Places and Partnerships Conference; Understanding Communities and their Dynamics distance education course; Northeast Extension Land Use (NEELUN) Meeting; The Community Development Institute East; Brownfields 2006: "Revolution in Redevelopment Conference;" eCommerce, Connecting Rural Communities: Cooperative Extension as a Catalyst; Rural Entrepreneurship, Building Entrepreneurial Communities in the Northeast; "Economics and Contemporary Land Use Policy Development and Conservation at the Rural Urban Fringe;" "The Production of Social Capital in US Counties;" SARE Funding Opportunities; "The Joy of Farmwatching: A Roadside Guide to Pennsylvania Agriculture;" Rural Realities, "At the Razor's Edge: Building Hope for America's Rural Poor."
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March, 2006 From the Director: "Where Have All the Young Folks Gone?" Connecting Rural Communities: Cooperative Extension as a Catalyst Conference; Creative Enonomy Workshop; The Community Development Society's 38th Annual International Conference; The Rural Sociological Society (RSS) 2006 meeting; Funding Opportunites from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; NERCRD Annual Report 2005; "A Midwest Homecoming: Sharing a New Tradition of Sustainability" National SARE Conference; 2006 National Extension Tourism Conference "NETworking in Tourism: People, Places and Partnerships;" "What Works! The Future of Rural Entrepreneurship & Community Development in the Northeast" Conference Proceedings; "Global Forces and Individual Coping Strategies for Rural Poverty;" "Northeast Community Development Papers;" NACDEP Presentations, Posters and Partner Roundtables from the Northeast; Center Affiliates; New NERCRD Web Site; National Research Iniative Grant: The Small Farms Industry Clusters (SFC) Project.
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December, 2005 From the Director: "National Coalition for Rural Entrepreneurship Launched;" NACDEP Conference; Connecting Rural Communities Workshop, The Role of Extension; The National SARE Conference; Creative Economy Workshop; "Rural Poverty in the Northeast: Global Forces and Individual Coping Strategies;" "Introduction to The Small Farm Industry Clusters (SFIC) Project;" "Rural Policy and Planning;" Building Extension's Public Value through Community Capital Investments Workshop; "Low Skill Employment and the Changing Economy of Rural America;" "Recreation, Tourism, and Rural Well-Being;" What Works! Conference Program; Northeast Center Staff Update; "Immigrants and the Community: Former Farmworkers;" "Immigrants and the Community: Community Perspectives;" "Community Profile Action Planning: Issues and Themes from 38 New Hampshire Communities."
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September, 2005 From the Director: "Economic and Community Development Extension Priorities Identified;" What Works! Conference; Building Extension's Public Value through Community Capital Investments Conference; 2006 NACDEP Conference; The Rural Creative Economy, post-conference workshop; National Land Use Policy Workshop: What Role for the Federal Goverment?" Connecting Communities Workshop, The Role of Extension; Rural Entrepreneurship Listening Sessions; Public Issues Education; Geospatial Meeting, Northeast Regional Geospatial Center; "Global Forces and Individual Coping Strategies for Rural Poverty: Where are We? Where Should We Go From Here?" "Porter's Cluster Strategy Versus Industrial Targeting;" "Handling Scientific and Technical Information in Contentious Public Issues: A Public Issues Education Approach;" "Challenges for Rural America in the Twenty-First Century;" "Immigrants and the Community – Farmworkers with Families;" "Immigrants and the Community."
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June, 2005 From the Director: "Focus on Rural Entrepreneurship;" "What Works! The Future of Rural Entrepreneurship & Community Development in the Northeast;" SARE Sustainable Community Grants; Public Issues Education (PIE); Landfill Paper, "Do Landfills Always Depress Nearby Property Values; "Innovations in Civic Participation (ICP);" Change Agent States for Diversity and Engagement; "Rural Poverty in the Northeast: Global Forces and Individual Coping Strategies;" Rural Entrepreneurship; "Building Extension's Public Value through Community Capital Investments," Inservice in Ithaca, NY; Community Viz Planning Software is available from the Orton Foundation; Progress Fund Research Grant, "Evaluation Research and Strategy Development for the Tourism Enterprise Development Activities of the Progress Fund."
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March, 2005 From the Director: "NACDEP Successfully Launched;" "Campus-Community Art Connections and the Creative Economy In Upstate New York" workshop; The Northeast Regional Poverty Conference, "Rural Poverty in the Northeast: Global Forces and Individual Coping Strategies," "What Works! The Future of Rural Entrepreneurship & Community Development in the Northeast" Conference in Burlington, VT; NRI Grant "Enhancing the Prosperity of Small Farms and Rural Agricultural Communities: The Role of Industry Clusters;" "Land Use Problems and Conflicts: Causes, consequences and solutions;" NERCRD Annual Report 2004; "What the Public Values About Farm and Ranch Land" Workshop Proceedings; AFT Survey Tool; Industry Cluster-Industry Targeting Workshop; Rural Housing Report "Changing the Definition of Rural Could Improve Eligibility Determinations;" NACDEP Presentations, Posters and Research Roundtables from the Northeast; Rod Howe, Regional Program Coordinator; Cornell University Extension publication series.
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December, 2004 From the Director: "Big-Boxes and Economic Development;" The NERCRD/Rural Poverty Research Center conference on "Rural Poverty in the Northeast: Strengthening the Regional Research Agenda;" RDP No. 25: "Conservation Easements as Encumbered Ownership: Issues at Hand;" RDP No. 26: "Agricultural and Food Industry Clusters in the Northeast U.S.: Technical Report;" "The Conservation Reserve Program: Economic Implications for Rural America;" "County Amenities and Net Migration;" "A Conjoint Analysis of Public Preferences for Agricultural Land Preservation."
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September, 2004 From the Director: "Economic Clusters and Agricultural Viability;" RDP No. 23: "What the Public Values about Farm and Ranch Land;" RDP No. 24: "Food, Agriculture, and the Emergent Service Economy: Challenges for the Northeast Region;" Hold the Date for the Regional Poverty Research Conference; "New Patterns of Hispanic Settlement in Rural America;" NACDEP 2005 Conference Reminder; Diversity Conference: "Creating a Climate for Change: Strategies in the Land Grant System to Lead a Diverse America;" Excerpt from RDP No. 24: "Food, Agriculture, and the Emergent Service Economy: Challenges for the Northeast Region;" New NERCRD Board Members.
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June, 2004 From the Director: "UNH's Community Profiles Combine Civic Responsibility with Living Landscapes;" "2004 National Public Policy Education Conference;" "CDI Program;" "NACDEP 2005 Conference;" "Growth at the fringe: The influence of political fragmentation in United States metropolitan areas;" "People, Places and Partnerships: Keys to Success;" "Community Economics: Linking Theory and Practice;" Workshop Proceedings: "What the Public Values about Farm and Ranch Land."
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March, 2004 From the Director: "Center sponsors session on state job creation options at regional science conference;" "NERCRD Annual Report 2003;" The Rural Poverty Research Center; Information about the "Choosing Our Direction" strategic planning tool; "Building a Sustainable Business: A Guide to Developing a Business Plan for Farms and Rural Businesses;" Call for Publications; "2003 Survey on the Use of GIS Technology in Local Governments;" "Compensating Landowners for Conserving Agricultural Land;" "Rural Areas and the Internet;" The Harris School of Public Policy Studies Request for Proposals; "The Value of Housing Characteristics;" The 4th Goddard Forum, "Developing Sustainable Communities."
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December, 2003 From the Director: "New Extension Program Focuses on the Future of Local Agriculture;" "The Causes of Enduring Poverty;" "UNH's Farm-Friendly Checklist;" Request for URLs; Information about the "Future of Agriculture in Our Community" program; "About the Future of Ag Program;" "Finding the Common Ground: Community Conflicts Over Agriculture, Land Use, and Natural Resources;" "Finding the Common Ground: Understanding Your Community's Agriculture;" "Finding the Common Ground: Good Neighbor Relations: Advice and Tips from Farmers;" "About the Land and Community Toolbox;" "CaRDI Manual;" "NE Center BRE Resource;" "2004 Triennial Conference."
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September, 2003 From the Director: "The Causes of Enduring Poverty;" "Proceedings of the 2003 Northeast Regional Workshop On Extension Land Use Programming;" "Proceedings of the Information Technology Regional Workshop on Bridging the Digital Divide;" "Linkages Between Agricultural and Conservation Policies: Workshop Proceedings;" Telepower '03: eVision Your Future Conference; "A Primer on U.S. Housing Markets and Housing Policy;" "Cost of Community Services Studies: Making the Case for Conservation;" "Comparisons of Metropolitan-Nonmetropolitan Poverty During the 1990's;" "A Coordinated Response to Sprawl Could Reduce Costs to Government in New England;" "GIS Analysis of Land Use on the Rural-Urban Fringe;" "Analysis of Rural Quality of Life and Health: A Spatial Approach;" "The State Broadband Index: An Assessment of State Policies Impacting Broadband Deployment and Demand."
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June, 2003 From the Director: "Northeast Center Hosts Land Use and Digital Divide Extension Workshops;" Biosecurity Conference; Galaxy II Conference; Community Development Society 2003 Conference; "Demographic Dimensions of Diversity;" eReadiness Survey; "Public Issues Education: Increasing Competence, Enabling Communities;" "W. K. Kellogg Collection of Rural Community Development Resources;" "The Housing Puzzle," stories from the Ford Foundation Report, 2003; "The Nexus of Agricultural Land Use Policy and Rural Employment Generation in the Northeast United States;" Ag Outlook Forum; Complimentary Journal Copies; "Engines of Economic Growth."
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March, 2003 From the Director: "Green Valley Institute Brings Together People and GIS for Sound Land Use Decisions," NERCRD to Sponsor Two Workshops, Access eNonProfit, Agricultural Internet Marketing Guide, Ag Resources, Farmland Protection, Wage Premiums for Computer Use, Welcome Back Downtown, Center Board of Directors, New TAC Member Appointed, Race & Ethnicity Briefing Room, NCOE Biweekly Report, Submit an Announcement.
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December, 2002 From the Director: "Housing Affordability Rises As Population Density Falls?," Land Use Workshop, Bridging the Digital Divide Workshop, CDS Annual Meeting, The Fiscal Impacts of Rural Residential Development, Green Infrastructure, Sprawl Index, After-Sprawl, New Report Offers Recommendations for Broadband Demand, E-Biz.com, IT Use in the Northeast, AFT 2003 Conference, IRAP Program, Center Board of Directors and TAC Appointments, New Rural Development Papers.
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September, 2002 From the Director: "Poverty in the Rural Northeast: Some Good and Bad News;" "Housing Policy and the Social Benefits of Homeownership;" "Is the United States Undersupplying Housing?;" "The Link Between Growth Management and Housing Affordability: The Academic Evidence;" Conference Proceedings: "Farmland at the Fringe;" "Have Housing Prices Risen Faster in Portland Than Elsewhere?;" "'Green Based' Urban Growth: Next Wave of Environmentalism;" "Income, Wealth, and the Economic Well-Being of Farm Households;" "America's Forgotten Children;" Executive Summary: "Conserving Farm and Forest in a Changing Rural Landscape: Current and Potential Contributions of Economics;" "LandNet Corporation Introduces Interactive Website;" "CommunityViz/Decision Support System;" "Maryland Farmland Declining;" "More Resources on Direct Marketing;" "Partnerships for Workforce Development" Conference; Business Week "News Item;" "Community Food Security Assessment Toolkit."
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June, 2002 From the Director: "PA, NY Counties Tops in Second Homes;" GNF Launches Community Website; Innovation Center for Community & Youth Development Tookkit; "Land Use Problems and Conflicts in the U.S.;" "Open Space Protection: Conservation Meets Growth Management;" "An Hedonic Analysis of the Effects of Lake Water Clarity on New Hampshire Lakefront Properties;" "Public Support for Land Preservation: Measuring Relative Preferences in Delaware;" "How to State the Value of Your Research;" Access eGovernment curriculum website; The Best States for E-Commerce; Best of the Web Contest, A New Generation of Government.
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March, 2002 From the Director: "National CRED Conference Features Leading-Edge Extension Programs from the Northeast Region;" 2002 National Extension Tourism Conference: "Changing Faces-Changing Places;" "Direct Sales of Agricultural Products to Consumers in the Northeast;" Announcing The Webbook of IT Innovations in Extension; "The Shifting Patterns of Black Migration From and Into the Nonmetropolitan South, 1965-95;" The Community and Economic Development Toolbox; Administrative Update: New Members of the Board of Directors and the Technical Advisory Committee; "Land Use Research: Scientific Publications from 1986 to the Present.".
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December, 2001 From the Director: "Northeast Farmers Lead Nation in Direct Marketing;" "NAFTA's Impact in Northeast US Counties: An Analysis of Trade Adjustment Assistance Data;" "Community vitality: Some conceptual considerations;" Summary Proceedings from the Baltimore Land Use Conference: "Protecting Farmland at the Fringe: Do Regulations Work? Strengthening the Research Agenda;" "Job Sprawl: Employment Location in U.S. Metropolitan Areas;" "Major Uses of Land in the United States, 1997;" "Displaced Workers: Differences in Nonmetro and Metro Expreience in the Mid-1990's;" "Employment Deconcentration: A New Perspective on America's Postwar Urban Evolution;" "Who Sprawls Most? How Growth Patterns Differ Across the US;" Website Land Use Maps; The USDA ERS Rural Indicators Map Machine; Terraserver Website; SFS Maps: HOTSPOT (2020) MAPS; "Celebrating Midlife: The Best Is Yet To Be" Conference.
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September, 2001 From the Director: "NAFTA's Adverse Job Impacts Twice as Large in Rural NE Counties;" "Development at the Urban Fringe and Beyond: Impacts on Agriculture and Rural Land;" "1997 Agricultural Atlas of the United States-Map Index;" National Resource Inventory; Land Use Briefing Room for the Northeast US; "The Bulldozer in the Countryside;" Articles from Rural America, Vol. 16, Issue 1: "Financial Well-Being of Small Farm Households Depends on the Health of Rural Economies," "Value-Added Agriculture Policies Across the 50 States," "Socioeconomic Impacts of Agricultural Processing Plants;" "Facilities Location: Agencies Should Pay More Attention to Cost and Rural Development Act;" "County Government Survey: Changes and Challenges in the New Millennium;" "Working Through Environmental Conflict;" "Land Use Change and Competition in the South;" "The Role and Value of Natural Capital in Regional Landscapes;" "Change and Conflict in Land and Water Use: Resource Valuation in Conflict Resolution among Competing Users;" Data Product: Major Land Uses; Business Retention and Expansion Materials.
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June, 2001 From the Director: "High Tech Industry Growth Uneven Across Rural Northeast;" New Report Series: Rural County Business Reports; Conference Announcement: "Protecting Farmland at the Fringe: Do Regulations Work? Strengthening the Research Agenda;" "Southern Extension Health Institute;" "The Economic Benefits and Costs of Homeownership: A Critical Assessment of the Research;" "The Effect of Farmland Preservaion Programs on Farmland Prices;" "Agricultural Adaptation to Urbanization in Southeastern Pennsylvania;" "Does Sprawl Reduce the Black/White Housing Consumption Gap?" "The Impact of a Flexible Manufacturing Network on Participants and Communities;" "Building Community Capacity for Economic Competitiveness;" "Northeast New Farmer Programs and Services, Directory 2001;" Call for Pre-Proposals, FY 2002.
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March, 2001 From the Director: "Metro-Adjacent Counties Issue Building Permits at Higher Rate;" "Growing New Farmers (GNF): A Northeast Services Provider Consortium;" Update on CEDI 2000; Business Retention Expansion International Conference; Northeast Center's Annual Report 2000; "Building Better Rural Places;" "Forest Fragmentation 2000, Sustaining Private Forests in the 21st Century, Proceedings;" "Agriculture and the Rural Economy: Urbanization Affects a Large Share of Farmland;" NE Center Funds Two Projects in the Land Use Area: "The Nexus of Agricultural Land Use Policy and Rural Employment Generation in the Northeast United States" and "GIS Analysis of Land Use on the Rural-Urban Fringe;" "The Joint Influence of Agricultural and Non-farm Factors on Real Estate Values: An Application to the Mid-Atlantic Region;" Center Staff Update; URL's for the Regional Centers.
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December, 2000 From the Director: "NE Center Releases Rural County Economic Development Index;" County Economic Development Index 2000; "Working Together: Supporting and Serving New and Beginning Farmers Conference;" "Analysis of Land Use Changes: Theoretical and Modeling Approaches;" Website: USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service; "USDA Embarks on Ambitious GIS Implementation Enterprise – GIS Access Will Result in Never-Before-Seen Spatial Data Availability for Farmers, Others;" "Rural America & the Digital Economy: Broadband Deployment;" "Suburban Decline: The Next Urban Crisis;" Center-Funded Projects, Final Reports: "Building Teens for Better Communities," "Food matters: evaluating the participation of county, city and town planners in community food systems," "Investing for your Future" and "Development of an Educational IPM Poster for Farm Vegetable Markets;" "Metropolitan Agriculture: A Chart Book of Trends and Statistics for the United States, the Northeast Region, and New York State;" "Measuring the Recreational Value of Agricultural Landscape;" "Wage Premiums for On-the-Job Computer Use in Metro and Nonmetro Areas;" "How Important is Ariport Access for Rural Business?" "Social Capital and Economic Growth" A County-Level Analysis;" What Is IPM?
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Fall, 2000 From the Director: "Land Use Tops List of Rural Development Issues in the Northeast;" New Board Member; Appalachian Studies Association Conference Announcement; New General Accounting Office Publication: "Community Development: Local Growth Issues – Federal Opportunities and Challenges;" 2000 National Public Policy Education Conference; Center-Funded Projects, Final Reports: "First Impressions Program Evaluation," "Strengthening Voice: Speaking up for Gender Equity," "Local Government Issues Assessment," "Little Ones' Library: An Early Childhood Community Library," "Development of a Farm Labor Service Cooperative," "New York Urban Forest Demonstration Arboretum Project," "Expansion of the Pennsylvania Feeder Calf Roundup Beef Cattle Marketing Program" and "Preserving Rural Character through Agriculture;" "Can Open Spaces be Self-Financing?" "When City and Country Collide: Managing Growth on the Urban Fringe;" "Having All the Right Connections: Telecommunications and Rural Viability;" "Empowering Communities Through Public Work, Science, and Local Food Systems: Revisiting Democracy and Globalization;" "Does it Cost Less to Live in Rural Areas? Evidence from New Data on Food Security and Hunger;" "Rural Conditions and Trends;" "Understanding Local Economic Development;" "A Reassessment of the Relationship Between Inequality and Growth;" "The Causes of Regional Variation in U.S. Poverty: A Cross-County Analysis;" "The Composition of Rural Employment in the 'New Economy';" Center Staff Update, Joint RRDC Activities.
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Summer, 2000 From the Director: "Self-Employment Booming in the Rural Northeast... ;" CT Survey Shows Clear Support for Farms Among State Residents; Websites: OnLine Women's Business Center, Small Business Advancement National Center – SBANC electronic newsletter, The American Enterprise Organization's Web site, "Cost & Revenues of Residential Development: An Online Workbook for Local Officials and Citizens," and Welfare Information Network's Web site; PA Rural/Urban Costs of Living Differ by 6%; Center Projects Update: "Preserving Rural Character Through Agriculture;" "Bootstrap Capital: Microenterprises and the American Poor;" "Small Town and Rural Economic Development: A Case Studies Approach;" "The West Virginia Extension Experience: A Powerful Tonic Blending Workforce Preparation, Economic Development, and the Engaged University;" "The Young Entrepreneur's Guide to Starting and Running a Business;" "Worlds Apart: Why Poverty Persists in Rural America;" "Urban Sprawl: Diagnosis and Remedy;" "Consumers' Willingness to Purchase Locally Produced Agricultural Products: An Analysis of an Indiana Survey;" "Getting Online: A guide to the Internet for small town leaders;" Up-coming Workshop: "Building Workforce Assets for Quality Communities: A Train-the-Trainer's Workshop National Workforce Preparation and Development Initiative;" New TAC Member Appointed; Network Information.
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Spring, 2000 From the Director; Data Sources, Links & Resources, Center Project Updates, Publications, New Board Members Appointed 
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Nov/Dec, 1999 From the Director; Mini-grants Approved for Funding; Proposals Approved FY 2000; American Studies Student Requests Internship; Business Retention and Expansion International Meeting 2000
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Sept/Oct, 1999 Director's Comment; Mini-grants Awarded FY 99; Building Liveable Community; Interview with Incoming Director, Dr. Stephan J. Goetz; Funding Update; Interview with Freedom House Visiting Fellow: Ms. Maria Ostaszewska
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April/May, 1999 Interim Director's Comments; Interview with John Halstead, New Technical Advisory Committee Member; Interview with Rod Howe, New Technical Advisory Committee Member; Community Design Team Final Report; National Adult Family Care Organization Final Report.
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January/February, 1999 Interim Director's Comments; Mini-grant Opportunities; Building Economic Stability with Home-Based Business Conference; Spotlight on Lois Frey; Internship Reflections; Calendar of Events.
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December 1998 Director's Comments; Community: A Living Theroy; Interview with Donn Derr; TAC Members; Work Force Training; Projects Approved; Conflict Resolution; DKH Honored; Joe Barker Honored.
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October 1998 Director's Comments; Project Updates: Interactive Television, An Oxymoron?, Environmental Education, Barriers to Health Care, "New" Economics, Weeds in Our Garden, and Value-added Food Processing.
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September 1998 Director's Comments; Interview with Thomas Thorburn, W.K. Kellogg Foundation; Integrated Pest Management; Acid Rain and Citizen Campaigns, Local Conservation Commissions; I Just Thought He Was a Nice Guy; National Tourism Education Clearinghouse.
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March 1998 Director's Comments; Community Design Team; Intern Reflections; Community Biography Released, On Being a Poverty Fighter; Spring 1998 Project Progress Reports.
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December 1997 Director's Comments; Spotlight on BOD Member, Arthur Allen; Pathways from Poverty: Challenges and Opportunities; Life Skills Training; Call for Proposals; Galaxy Summit Update; National Extension Tourism Conference.
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September 1997 Director's Comments; Doing Your Homework: A Look At Home Based Business; The Money 2000 Video; Public Policy Education and Consensus Building; Promoting Capital Planning; Teen Assessment Project; Max Pfeffer, TAC Reflections.
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May 1997 Director's Comments; An Intern's Reflection; Projects Approved-- Portfolio-based development policy alternatives, BR&E vs. Industrial Recruitment, Food Processing Incubators; Money 2000 Video, Consensus Building for Problem Solution, Extension Publications focusing on Sustaining Rural Landscapes; New Southern Rural Development Center Director; New Publications -- Implementing Local Business Retention and Expansion Visitation Programs, Pathways from Poverty Educational Network, Rooted in the Land: essays on community and place.
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February 1997 Director's Comments; Spotlight on BOD Member, Lou Magnarelli; Calls for Proposals, 1997 Cycle; Adult Foster Care (AFC), Life Skill Enrichment for Rural Youth (Start Smart), National Resources and Environmental Management Education (NREM); Business District Building Inventory, Marketing Strategies for Integrated Pest Management, Northern Appalachian Leadership initiative on Cancer, My Key to Success: A Self-Beliefs Employment Intervention Program; Projects Approved -- Promoting Capital Planning, Public Issues Education & Collaborative Problem Solving in the Northeast; Conference -- Linking Family and Community Strengths; BR&E Materials to be released; Pathways from Poverty Educational Network ready for distribution.
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August 1996 Returning Director's Comments; Outgoing Director's Comments; Overview of Spring 1996 TAC Meeting; Northeast Center Convenes Regional Hispanic Community Task Force; Spotlight on BOD Member Joe Barker; Interview with TAC Member Mil Duncan; Interview with Northeast Center Apprentice Mark Preston; 1996 Farm Bill, provisions for Rural Development; Reauthorization of 1991 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act; New Publications -- The Economics of Recycling, 1995 Combined Report of RRDC's, 1995 Northeast Center Projects, Transportation Action: A local input model to engage community transportation planning, Evaluating Fiscal Impact Studies, Incubating New Enterprises: A guide to succesful practice
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The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development is located at the Pennsylvania State University and collaborates with land grant institutions in the northeast U.S.

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The Center receives core funds from USDA-CSREES and the Northeastern Regional Association of State Agricultural Experiment Station Directors.