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ShoreBank Pacific ShoreBank Pacific: Community development bank lending to Pacific Northwest businesses involved with sustainably harvested timber, pollution prevention, water treatment, and affordable housing. Banking and saving products. United States. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.eco-bank.com Community Development Finance Association Community Development Finance Association: Membership organization providing capacity building, networking, development, and research. United Kingdom. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.cdfa.org.uk/ Community Technology Advisors Corp. Community Technology Advisors Corp.: Leads community-wide economic development efforts by bringing community leaders together to discuss public policy, technology, and finding collaborative projects to encourage financial growth. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.communitytechnologyadvisors.com/ UK Business Incubation UK Business Incubation: An independent body (with government backing) that promotes and supports business incubation in Britain. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.ukbi.co.uk National Neighborhood Coalition National Neighborhood Coalition: An alliance of non-profit and community based organizations providing current information, advocacy, and support. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.neighborhoodcoalition.org/ Change Communications Change Communications: Providing internet solutions for housing and community development organizations. Also includes useful links page. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.change.org/ Living Cities Living Cities: The National Community Development Initiative helps improve the vitality of urban neighborhoods by supporting community development corporations. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.livingcities.org/ National Community Capital Association National Community Capital Association: Membership organization of community development financial institutions. Capital, technical assistance, and development services supporting the revitalization of economically-disadvantaged urban, rural, and reservation-based communities. United States. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.communitycapital.org/ National Main Street Center National Main Street Center: Resources and information on how to preserve and revitalize historic downtowns and main streets. Part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.mainstreet.org/ Urban Regeneration Companies Urban Regeneration Companies: An umbrella group for British public-private partnerships devoted to achieving redevelopment strategies for key towns and cities. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.urcs-online.co.uk/ Neighborhood Communities Neighborhood Communities: Online community resourcing and support center. Helping communities support each other with an emphasis on the non-virtual. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.neighborhood.com/ Economic Opportunity Studies Economic Opportunity Studies: A non-profit corporation that offers training in support of organizations and projects that provide low-income families and communities with resources they need to become more self-sufficient. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.opportunitystudies.org/ The New Rules Project The New Rules Project: Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) proposes a set of new rules that builds community by supporting humanly scaled politics and economics. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.newrules.org/ Economic Development Solutions, Inc. Economic Development Solutions, Inc.: Dedicated to improving community and economic development programs by adapting and incorporating best practices into the initiative's operations. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.e-d-solutions.com/ Haringey Community Empowerment Network Haringey Community Empowerment Network: Part of a government initiative to bring about long lasting regeneration in the UK's most deprived neighborhoods. (Community and Economic Development) http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/Haringey_CEN National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals: Dedicated to improving community and economic development extension programs and professionals. Board and committee members, conference information, and a mailing list. (Community and Economic Development) http://srdc.msstate.edu/nacdep/ Pratt Institute Center for Community and Environmental Development Pratt Institute Center for Community and Environmental Development: Information about policy analyses, advocacy, training courses and workshops. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.picced.org/ Community Revitalization Community Revitalization: Extensive collection of writings on downtowns and urban redevelopment. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.emich.edu/public/geo/557book/a100.main.html Rebuilding Communities Initiative Rebuilding Communities Initiative: Am initiative of the Annie E. Casey Foundation helping to transform troubled neighborhoods into safe environments. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.aecf.org/rci/ NeighborWorks Net NeighborWorks Net: Information relating to a host of community-revitalization efforts from across the United States, focused on revitalizing declining neighborhoods by stabilizing home ownership and preserving housing affordable to low- and moderate-income families. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.nw.org/ Community Development Venture Capital Alliance Community Development Venture Capital Alliance: Membership organization supporting professionals working in community development venture capital by providing training, publications, networking, and consulting. Promotes the idea CDVC to traditional funders. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.cdvca.org/ Center for Community Economic Development Center for Community Economic Development: Department of University of Wisconsin Extension creates, applies and transfers multidisciplinary knowledge to help people understand community change and identify opportunities. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.uwex.edu/ces/cced/ University of Illinois - Community and Economic Development University of Illinois - Community and Economic Development: Provides information and educational programs, and conducts research on economic and social issues that are relevant to communities and community leaders. (Community and Economic Development) http://communitydevelopment.uiuc.edu/ Collaborative Economics Collaborative Economics: Helps public and private leadership groups develop and implement collaborative strategies for creating high-performing economic communities. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.coecon.com/ International Downtown Association International Downtown Association: Promotes vital and livable urban centers by providing support to business improvement districts and communities. Includes case studies and various resources for planners, developers, and business owners. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.ida-downtown.org Western Rural Development Center Western Rural Development Center: Hopes to strengthen rural communities by facilitating development research with universities and communities. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.ext.usu.edu/wrdc/ National Association of Development Organizations National Association of Development Organizations: Provides training, information, networking, and representation for regional development organizations in small metropolitan and rural areas of the United States. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.nado.org/ National Business Incubation Association National Business Incubation Association: A membership organization of incubator developers and managers helping emerging growth companies survive and grow during the start-up period, providing education, training and industry information. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.nbia.org/ Village Retail Services Association Village Retail Services Association: Offers support and advice to rural communities across Britain whose village shop or other retail service is threatened. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.virsa.org/ The National Rural Development Partnership The National Rural Development Partnership: Works to improve quality of life by fostering collaborative public private partnerships. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/nrdp/ Centre for Community Enterprise Centre for Community Enterprise: Builds capacity in Canadian community based organizations by providing technical expertise and resources. Offers details about training, technical assistance, and research. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.cedworks.com/ Marketek, Inc. Marketek, Inc.: Market research firm specializing in market analysis and economic development services for downtown revitalization projects. [requires Flash] (Community and Economic Development) http://www.marketekinc.com/ Economic Development Institute Economic Development Institute: University of Oklahoma program providing professional economic developers with training, knowledge, and tools. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.occe.ou.edu/edi/ Strategic Development Solutions Strategic Development Solutions: Consultants specializing in building strategic partnerships, creating policy, developing strategies and securing the financial resources necessary to promote quality economic development and housing opportunities within communities. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.strategicds.com/ Community Development Finance Institution Fund Community Development Finance Institution Fund: A program of the United States Treasury Department. Includes funding opportunities, technical assistance, awards, and links. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.cdfifund.gov/ ThinkCycle ThinkCycle: An academic, non-profit initiative engaged in supporting distributed collaboration towards design challenges among underserved communities and the environment. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.thinkcycle.org The ICA Group The ICA Group: Provides consulting services to clients working in, or seeking to start, worker-owned and community-based businesses. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.ica-group.org/ CEOs for Cities CEOs for Cities: A bipartisan, nonprofit alliance of U.S. mayors, corporate executives, university presidents and nonprofit leaders, that works with local and national policy-makers to advance the economic competitiveness of cities. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.ceosforcities.org/ Solutions for America Solutions for America: A program of the Pew Partnership for Civic Change. Provides research and best practices on community development issues. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.solutionsforamerica.org/ Neighborhood Design Center Neighborhood Design Center: A nonprofit organization founded in Baltimore, Maryland by volunteers dedicated to providing urban communities with access to professional, conceptual architectural, landscape, design and planning services. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.ndc-md.org/ National Vacant Properties Campaign National Vacant Properties Campaign: A national American campaign to prevent abandonment, redevelop vacant properties and revitalize existing communities. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.vacantproperties.org/ BP Darcy Development Limited BP Darcy Development Limited: British Petroleum subsidiary working to redevelop the former Llandarcy Oil refinery in Neath, South Wales, through loans and partnerships. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.bpdarcy.com/ National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions: Not-for-profit organization acting as advocates for, and supporting local community credit unions in over 40 states. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.natfed.org/ Community Reinvestment Fund Community Reinvestment Fund: Nonprofit organization that provides access to funds for community development lenders. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.crfusa.com/ Coalition of Community Development Financial Institutions Coalition of Community Development Financial Institutions: National CDFI membership organization offering promotion, training, research, and networking. United States. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.cdfi.org South Carolina Association of Community Development Corporations South Carolina Association of Community Development Corporations: State-wide trade association of non-profit, community-based development corporations within the state's economically distressed communities. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.communitydevelopmentsc.org/ Renewal Associates Renewal Associates: Consultancy specializing in economic, social and environmental regeneration. (Community and Economic Development) http://www.renewal.eu.com/ Five Vital Lessons: Successful Partnerships with Business Five Vital Lessons: Successful Partnerships with Business: Guide to effective involvement of business in partnerships for local economic development and skills. (Community and Economic Development) http://fivevital.educe.co.uk Community Development Society International Community Development Society International: Association for community development practitioners and citizen leaders around the world. (Community and Economic Development) http://comm-dev.org/