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Canadian Rural Partnership - Asset mapping: a handbook - Community Capacity Building is a way of helping communities to help themselves by introducing and supporting a way of thinking that will add value to the social, economic and human resources that already exist in the community. The handbook is about asset mapping. It outlines three practical approaches that community leaders can use to engage people in shaping the future of their community.
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Centre for Alternative Technology - Check out how the folks in Wales are implementing co-operative principles to achieve the best environmental practices. For 25 years CAT has been involved with the search for globally sustainable and ecologically sound technologies and ways of life. The role of CAT is to explore and demonstrate a wide range of alternatives, communicating to other people the options for them to achieve positive change in their own lives.
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Cultivating Successful Rural Economies - Benchmark Practices for Local Economies is a project funded by the USDA's Fund for Rural America that has identified, through a competitive process, 43 dynamic and effective programs at rural community colleges, both in the U.S. and other countries, that are helping rural businesses and labor forces adapt to the challenges of the new economy.
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Montana Campus Compact - The Montana Campus Compact (MTCC) is an organization committed to fostering a renewed vision for higher education, one that supports civic engagement through community service and volunteerism.
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Montana Heritage Project - What effect did the coming of television have upon life in Chester? How has ranching culture in Harlowton changed over the past 100 years? How did changes in the national economy affect the coal mining industry in Roundup? How did people in Libby respond to the influx of people during the construction of Libby Dam? How did World War II affect women in Townsend?Montana students explore their community to develop a sense of place, roots and home.
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National Rural Funders Collaborative - The National Rural Funders Collaborative is a partnership of national and regional funders and investors, grass roots practitioners, policymakers, and public sector agencies working together to expand resources for communities and families in rural areas facing persistent poverty.
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NERL Community Leadership Self-Training Materials - The Center for Rural Studies has gathered materials from many sources to create this Community Leadership Skills database. None of the materials were developed by the Center, which is merely making them electronically accessible. The materials are organized and indexed to facilitate use, and can be used individually or in any combination which suits your needs.
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NERL Personal Leadership self-Training Materials - The Center for Rural Studies has gathered materials from many sources to create this Personal Leadership Skills database. None of the materials were developed by the Center, which is merely making them electronically accessible. The materials are organized and indexed to facilitate use, and can be used individually or in any combination which suits your needs.
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Rural Economic Area Partnership (REAP) Zones - Follow this link to learn more about this USDA pilot program. The first paragraph of this page is an excellent statement of the challenges faced by rural communities.
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Welcome to Asset Mapping! - For years, planning has focused on SWOT -- Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. The focus is on `what is wrong with the community.�Communities then depend on outside help to `fix� them. The focus is on weaknesses, inabilities, and the belief that only outsiders can `fix� the community. Asset mapping focuses on opportunities present within the community. This opportunity-based philosophy means that the community capitalizes on solutions and dreams.
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