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"To Establish an Effective Community Spirit": A Land Grant Extension and Deliberative Dialogue
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Herrera, Monica; Hoelting, Joyce – New Directions for Higher Education, 2010
In January 2003, the Northwest Area Foundation (NWAF) contacted land grant universities in Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, and Washington to involve them in a program initiative to address rural poverty. After a strategic planning process, NWAF had shifted from traditional grant making to operating programs that…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Poverty, Land Grant Universities, Extension Education
Midstates Rural Revitalization, 1989: A Four-State Community Development Conference. Proceedings of the Annual Midstates Conference (2nd, Worthington, Minnesota, April 20, 1989).
Vandehaar, Alan, Ed. – 1989
This booklet contains summaries of workshop presentations at the conference on community development. This conference brought local community officials and leaders together with interested citizens to learn about successful rural community development activities occurring in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota. Sessions covered four main…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Cooperation, Community Development, Community Planning
Rural Development: Part 3, (1) Balanced National Growth Policy; (2) National Rural Development Program; (3) S. 1612, The Rural Community Development Revenue Sharing Act of 1971; (4) Reorganization of U.S. Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies. Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Rural Development of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, 92d Congress, 1st Session, May 3, 1971, Sioux City, Iowa; May 4, 1971 Vermillion, ....
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. – 1971
Transcripts of the 1971 Senate hearings on rural development (held in Sioux City, Iowa; Montgomery, Alabama; Vermillion, South Dakota; and Tifton, Georgia) are presented in this document. Derived from many sources representing the varied interests of each host State, representative testimony includes that of: city and state officials; university…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Community Development, Federal Legislation, National Programs