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Direct linkHerrera, 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
Jacobsen, Mike; And Others – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1987
The principles of Gandhi are applied to the rural crisis in America with special attention to rural Iowa. Approaches to rural reconstruction and development are proposed which emphasize human-scale development, community-owned enterprises, local community development foundations, maximum feasible participation, broad-based land ownership, and…
Descriptors: Community Control, Community Development, Decentralization, Land Acquisition
Wells, Betty; And Others – Small Town, 1991
Community clusters allow small towns to combine their efforts to enhance economic development, promote tourism, or share public services. Two successful clusters of communities in Iowa are the Area Community Commonwealth and the North Iowa Rural Area Development. Both clusters participated in Iowa State University's Cooperative Extension Service…
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Community Development, Economic Development, Leadership Training
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
Download full textCongress 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
Kobberdahl, Wayne, Comp. – 1989
This volume contains summaries of presentations and excerpts from workshops at a conference organized by the Cooperative Extension Services of Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri. The conference brought together community officials and leaders from the four-state area to share experiences and gain new ideas about community development. Topics…
Descriptors: Community Development, Developmental Programs, Economic Development, Entrepreneurship
Nitzke, Joseph – 2000
Western Iowa Tech Community College (WITCC) is a public, comprehensive community college serving a six-county district in Northwest Iowa. The College offers more than 60 occupational programs and a wide variety of liberal arts transfer options, in addition to participating in community enhancement initiatives. The total population of the 6…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Development, Economic Development, Economic Impact
