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Communities

Publications

Community Economic Analysis: A How To Manual (RRD 141)
North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, 1993

Community Opinions on Economic Development in the Rural South (PDF)-Thomas W. Ilvento, TVA Rural Studies Publications, March 2000

Constructing a Community Housing Profile: Estimating Supply and Demand in Your Local Housing Market Suzette Barta, Assisstant Extension Specialist, and Mike D. Woods, Professor and Extension Economist, Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, February 2001
PDF version

Critical Factors in Attracting New Businesses and Industry in Oklahoma (PDF)-Gordon Sloggett, Research Associate, and Mike D. Woods, Extension Economist, Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University

Delivery of Resource Information to Local Entities in Rural Areas and Small Towns (PDF)-Bruce Ransom, Associate Professor and Strom Thurmond Institute Associate, Clemson University, May 1998

Estimating Usage and Costs of Transportation Systems for Rural Elderly (PDF)-Gerald A. Doeksen, Extension Economist, Rural Development; Shwu-Eng H. Webb, Former Research Associate; Barbara Broeckelman, Research Associate; Robert Carroll, Specialist on Aging, Special Unit on Aging, Oklahoma Welfare Department-Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service

Existing Industry: Keys to Success in Industrial Development-V. Wilson Lee, Extension Economist Emeritus, Community Resource Development, Auburn University, and John Hawthorne, former Director, Alabama Prepared Cities Program, Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (Deceased), Alabama Power Company-Alabama Cooperative Extension System, March 1994

Food and Kindred Products Manufacturing: Status and Trends for Oklahoma, Surrounding States, and the U.S. (PDF)-Rodney B. Holcomb, FAPC Extension Economist, and Phil Kenkel, Extension Economist, Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University

Guidelines for 'Amateur' Developers in Handling Industrial Inquiries-Prepared by NEBRASKA NOW Newsletter, edited by V. Wilson Lee, Extension Economist Emeritus, Community Resource Development, Auburn University-Alabama Cooperative Extension System

How Can Oklahoma Communities Attract Food Manufacturing Companies? (PDF)-Rodney B. Holcomb, FAPRTC Extension Economist; Glenn Muske, Micro Business Specialist; Conrad Lyford, Agricultural Economist; and Mike Woods, Extension Economist, Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University

The Impact of Agribusiness on Alabama's Economy-Jerry R. Crews, Extension Economist, Professor; Max W. Runge, Extension Economist, Associate; and James R. Hurst, Agricultural Economist, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, College of Agriculture, Auburn University, Alabama Cooperative Extension System, New July 1998.

Impacts of Agriculture on Oklahoma's Economy (PDF)-James Nelson, Assistant Professor and Extension Economist, Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service

Industrial Development for a Small Rural Community-V. Wilson Lee, Extension Economist Emeritus, Community Resource Development, Auburn University-Alabama Cooperative Extension System, May 1995

Measuring the Economic Importance of the Health Sector on a Local Economy (PDF)-Gerald A. Doeksen, Regents Professor and Extension Economist, Oklahoma State University, Tom Johnson, Professor and Extension Economist, Virginia Tech, and Chuck Willoughby, Extension Assistant, Oklahoma State University, SRDC Series #202, November 1996

Measuring How Much Economic Change Will Mean to Your Community-Dr. Michael L. Walden, Professor and Extension Economist, Dept. of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University

Municipal Solid Waste Composting: Does It Make Economic Sense?-Mitch Renkow, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, and A. Robert Rubin, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State University, North Carolina Cooperative Extension, 1996

Planning Rural Water Systems (PDF)-James R. Nelson, Extension Economist; Harold L. Goodwin, Assistant Researcher; Gerald A. Doeksen, Extension Economist, Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University

Primary Sources of County Road Funding (PDF)-Notie H. Lansford, Jr., Extension Economist, and Dolores A. Willett, Extension Economist, Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service

Publications Related to Rural Transportation-Welfare Information Network

Questions Industrial Prospects Most Often Ask About a Rural Community-V. Wilson Lee, Extension Economist Emeritus, Community Resource Development, Auburn University-Alabama Cooperative Extension System, June 1994

Rural Development Tools: What Are They and Where Do You Use Them? (PDF)-Dennis U. Fisher and Judith I. Stallmann, Texas A&M University, and John F. Thigpen III, East Carolina State University, June 2000

Rural Industrialization: Start Tapping Economic Potential-V. Wilson Lee, Extension Economist Emeritus, and Harry B. Strawn, Extension Economist, Community Resource Development, Auburn University-Alabama Cooperative Extension System, July 1994

Rural Infrastructure as a Cause and Consequence of Rural Economic Development and Quality of Life (PDF)-Proceedings of a Regional Workshop, Birmingham, Alabama, February 1997. Edited by Joe Schmidt, Mississippi State University-SRDC Series #207, July 1997

Small Business Creation and Economic Well-Being of Non-Metropolitan Counties: The Case of Georgia (PDF)-Rebecca M Winders, TVA Rural Studies Publications, December 1997

Social Impacts of Large Scale Economic Development Projects in the Rural South: A Longitudinal Re-Study of Vance, Alabama and the Impacts of Mercedes Benz (PDF)-Ralph B. Brown, Clark D. Hudspeth, and Katherine L. Stone, TVA Rural Studies Publications, June 2000

Southern Rural Economic Development and the Branch Plant/Local Firm Development Options (PDF)-David Tomaskovic-Devey and Jacqueline Johnson, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, North Carolina State University-SRDC Series #197, June 1996

Take Charge: Economic Development in Small Communities (RRD 153)
North Central Regional Center for Rural Development

Testing For The Effects of Federal Economic Development Agencies (PDF)-David Freshwater, Timothy Wojan, Dayuan Hu and Stephan Goetz., TVA Rural Studies, February 1997

Understanding Your Local Economy: Estimating Community Income Multipliers-Don Stebbins, Texas Extension Publications

Understanding Your Local Economy: Focus on Agriculture-Gregory S. Taylor, Texas Extension Publications

Understanding Your Local Economy: Nonemployment Income In Texas Counties-Greg Taylor, Texas Extension Publications

West Virginia Attitudes Toward Economic Development (PDF)-Scott Loveridge and Beth Loy, West Virginia University, TVA Rural Studies Publications, December 1997

Wise Industrial Developers Observe 'Ten Commandments'-Prepared by ALABAMA DEVELOPMENT NEWS, edited by V. Wilson Lee, Extension Economist Emeritus, Community Resource Development, Auburn University-Alabama Cooperative Extension System

Research Reports

Coping with Change: Economic Impacts: What an Impact Statement Says (PDF)-Originally prepared in 1980 by Ronald C. Faas, Extension Economist, Washington State University. Revised March 1994 by Dave Holland, Regional Economist, Washington State Universtiy-Western Rural Development Center

Coping with Change: Evaluating Fiscal Impact Studies: Community Guidelines (PDF)-Stephen Cooke, University of Idaho, Western Rural Development Center, Revised February 1996

Decision Aids for Municipal Solid Waste Management in Rural Areas (PDF)-Gerald A. Doeksen, Extension Economist and Regents Professor, Oklahoma State University; Barry W. Jones, Editor and Head, Department of Agricultural Communications, Texas A&M University; Mitch Renkow, Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University; and Richard Warner, Associate Extension Professor, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, University of Kentucky-SRDC Series #190, June 1995

The Economic and Fiscal Impacts of a Cheese Plant and Dairies in the Panhandle of Texas (PDF)-Judith I. Stallmann, Garen Evans, Bud Schwart, Lonnie Jones, and John Siebert, Texas Agricultural Extension Service and Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A&M University System, May 2001

The Economic and Fiscal Impacts of a Wind Turbine Farm in Pecos County Texas (PDF)-Judith I. Stallmann, Garen Evans, and Lonnie Jones, Texas Agricultural Extension Service and Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A&M University System, May 2001

A Guidebook for Rural Solid Waste Management (PDF)-Gerald A. Doeksen, Extension Economist and Regents Professor, Oklahoma State University; Joseph F. Schmidt, Extension Community Development Specialist Economist, Mississippi State University; Kyle Goodwin, Extension Associate, Oklahoma State University; Gordon Sloggett, Senior Research Specialist, Oklahoma State University; and Dave Cummins, Extension Associate, Mississippi State University-SRDC Series #174, June 1993

Input-Output Modeling and Resource Use Projection (PDF)-Lonnie L. Jones, Texas A&M University, January 1997

Multiplier Analysis for Agriculture and Other Industries (PDF)-Booyong Song, Assistant Researcher, and Gerald A. Doeksen, Regents Professor and Extension Economist, Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University

Rural America's Transportation Network: Issues for the 1990's (PDF)-Dennis Brown, Regional Economist, Finance and Development Branch of the Rural Economy Division, Economic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture

Transportation: The Essential Need to Address the "To" in Welfare-to-Work-April Kaplan, Welfare Information Network, June 1998

Transportation and Welfare Reform-April Kaplan, Welfare Information Network, May 1997

PowerPoint Presentations

TEX$AFE (A PowerPoint presentation on economic and fiscal impact analysis,
multipliers, and the TEX$AFE Model)-Judith I. Stallmann, Texas A&M University

Conferences/Trainings

Coahoma County Community and Economic Development Summit
April 4-6, 2000
Tunica, Mississippi

Southern Region Community Development Institute
June 12-16, 2000
Canton, Mississippi

Southern Region Community Development Institute
May 14-18, 2001
New Braunfels, Texas

Southern Extension Health Institute
October 15-19, 2001
Lancaster, Kentucky

Southern Institute for Rural Development (SIRD)
November 5-8, 2001
Athens, Georgia

Southern Region Community Development Institute

September 23-27, 2002
Talladega, Alabama

Rural Health Institute
November 4-8, 2002
Talladega, Alabama

Economic Impact Analysis
February 24-26, 2003
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Southern Institute for Rural Development (SIRD)
September 8-10, 2003
Fort Meyers, Florida


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