GIS

Related Web Sites

GIS Coverages-Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture

Research Reports

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Adopting a GIS in the Extension Service: Evidence from the Cooperative Extension Service at Mississippi State University-Joselito K. Estrada, Planning Economist, Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, Jackson, Mississippi and James R. Steil, GIS Coordinator, Extension GIS Unit, Cooperative Extension Service, Mississippi State University-Journal of Extension, Volume 35, Number 5, October 1997

Needs Assessment

Fact Sheets/Information Briefs

Needs Assessment-North Carolina State Cooperative Extension Service

Research Reports

Conducting A Community Needs Assessment:Primary Data Collection Techniques (PDF Format)-Keith A. Carter and Lionel J. Beaulieu, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, June 1992

Coping with Growth: Community Needs Assessment Techniques (PDF format)-Lorna Michael Butler, Extension Community Development Specialist, and Robert E. Howell, Extension Sociologist, Washington State University-Western Rural Development Center, October 1980, reprinted July 1993

Identifying Needs Using Secondary Data Sources-Lionel J. Beaulieu, Professor, Rural Sociology, Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, June 1992

Strategic Planning

Fact Sheets/Information Briefs

Blueprints for Your Community’s Future: Creating a Strategic Plan for Local Economic Development (PDF format)-Mike D. Woods, Extension Rural Development Specialist; V. Jack Frye, Extension Rural Development Specialist; and Stanley R. Ralstin, Extension Rural Development Specialist, Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University

Community Strategic Planning (Action Newsletter)-The Alabama Cooperative Extension System, Fall 1999

The Role of Strategic Planning in Community Decision Making on Environmental Issues-Mitch Renkow, Leon E. Danielson, and L. Steven Smutko, Agricultural and Resource Economics, Applied Resource Economics and Policy Group-North Carolina Cooperative Extension, April 1994

Setting Community Economic Goals-Distributed in Mississippi by Dr. Joe F. Schmidt and Dr. Albert E. Myles, Community Development Specialists, Mississippi State Extension Service. Adapted from a publication by David L. Darling, Jr., Cooperative Extension Service, Kansas State University; Mississippi State University publication #1644

Strategic Planning (slide text)-North Carolina State Cooperative Extension Service

Strategic Planning (slide show)-North Carolina State Cooperative Extension Service

Strategic Planning for Economic Development in Rural Areas & Small Towns of Oklahoma (PDF format)-Mike D. Woods, Associate Professor and Extension Economist, and Gordon Sloggett, Research Associate, Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University

Strategic Planning for Rural Community Economic Development-Prepared by Mitch Renkow, Extension Economics Specialist, and Simon K. Garber, Specialist-in-Charge, Extension Sociology, North Carolina State Cooperative Extension Service

Strategic Planning Principles (slide show)-University of Kentucky

Strategies for Economic Development-Distributed in Mississippi by Dr. Joe F. Schmidt and Dr. Albert E. Myles, Community Development Specialists, Mississippi State Extension Service. Adapted from a publication by David L. Darling, Jr., Cooperative Extension Service, Kansas State University; Mississippi State University publication #1645

Volunteers and Community Economic Development (PDF format)-Mike D. Woods, Professor and Extension Economist, and Andrea Freeman, Student Assistant, Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University

Research Reports

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

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

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