| Websites in Community and Economic Development |
- BP Darcy Development Limited
British Petroleum subsidiary working to redevelop the former Llandarcy Oil refinery in Neath, South Wales, through loans and partnerships.
 http://www.bpdarcy.com/
- 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.
http://www.ceosforcities.org/
- 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.
http://www.uwex.edu/ces/cced/
- 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.
http://www.cedworks.com/
- Change Communications
Providing internet solutions for housing and community development organizations. Also includes useful links page.
http://www.change.org/
- Coalition of Community Development Financial Institutions
National CDFI membership organization offering promotion, training, research, and networking. United States.
http://www.cdfi.org
- Collaborative Economics
Helps public and private leadership groups develop and implement collaborative strategies for creating high-performing economic communities.
http://www.coecon.com/
- Community Development Finance Association
Membership organization providing capacity building, networking, development, and research. United Kingdom.
http://www.cdfa.org.uk/
- Community Development Finance Institution Fund
A program of the United States Treasury Department. Includes funding opportunities, technical assistance, awards, and links.
http://www.cdfifund.gov/
- Community Development Society International
Association for community development practitioners and citizen leaders around the world.
http://comm-dev.org/
- 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.
http://www.cdvca.org/
- Community Reinvestment Fund
Nonprofit organization that provides access to funds for community development lenders.
http://www.crfusa.com/
- Community Revitalization
Extensive collection of writings on downtowns and urban redevelopment.
http://www.emich.edu/public/geo/557book/a100.main.html
- 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.
http://www.communitytechnologyadvisors.com/
- Economic Development Institute
University of Oklahoma program providing professional economic developers with training, knowledge, and tools.
http://www.occe.ou.edu/edi/
- Economic Development Solutions, Inc.
Dedicated to improving community and economic development programs by adapting and incorporating best practices into the initiative's operations.
http://www.e-d-solutions.com/
- 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.
http://www.opportunitystudies.org/
- Five Vital Lessons: Successful Partnerships with Business
Guide to effective involvement of business in partnerships for local economic development and skills.
http://fivevital.educe.co.uk
- Haringey Community Empowerment Network
Part of a government initiative to bring about long lasting regeneration in the UK's most deprived neighborhoods.
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/Haringey_CEN
- 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.
http://www.ida-downtown.org
- Living Cities
The National Community Development Initiative helps improve the vitality of urban neighborhoods by supporting community development corporations.
http://www.livingcities.org/
- 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.
http://srdc.msstate.edu/nacdep/
- 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.
http://www.nado.org/
- 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.
http://www.nbia.org/
- 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.
http://www.communitycapital.org/
- National Development Plan
Ireland's investment plan for 2000-2006, using public, private, and European Union funds.
http://www.ndp.ie/
- 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.
http://www.natfed.org/
- 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.
http://www.mainstreet.org/
- National Neighborhood Coalition
An alliance of non-profit and community based organizations providing current information, advocacy, and support.
http://www.neighborhoodcoalition.org/
- National Vacant Properties Campaign
A national American campaign to prevent abandonment, redevelop vacant properties and revitalize existing communities.
http://www.vacantproperties.org/
- 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.
http://www.nw.org/
- Neighborhood Communities
Online community resourcing and support center. Helping communities support each other with an emphasis on the non-virtual.
http://www.neighborhood.com/
- 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.
http://www.ndc-md.org/
- Pew Partnership for Civic Change
Civic research group that identifies and documents strategies for creating strong communities.
http://www.pew-partnership.org/
- Pratt Institute Center for Community and Environmental Development
Information about policy analyses, advocacy, training courses and workshops.
http://www.picced.org/
- Rebuilding Communities Initiative
Am initiative of the Annie E. Casey Foundation helping to transform troubled neighborhoods into safe environments.
http://www.aecf.org/rci/
- Renewal Associates
Consultancy specializing in economic, social and environmental regeneration.
http://www.renewal.eu.com/
- 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.
http://www.eco-bank.com
- 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.
http://www.communitydevelopmentsc.org/
- 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.
http://www.strategicds.com/
- The ICA Group
Provides consulting services to clients working in, or seeking to start, worker-owned and community-based businesses.
http://www.ica-group.org/
- The National Rural Development Partnership
Works to improve quality of life by fostering collaborative public private partnerships.
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/nrdp/
- 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.
http://www.newrules.org/
- ThinkCycle
An academic, non-profit initiative engaged in supporting distributed collaboration towards design challenges among underserved communities and the environment.
http://www.thinkcycle.org
- UK Business Incubation
An independent body (with government backing) that promotes and supports business incubation in Britain.
http://www.ukbi.co.uk
- 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.
http://communitydevelopment.uiuc.edu/
- Urban Regeneration Companies
An umbrella group for British public-private partnerships devoted to achieving redevelopment strategies for key towns and cities.
http://www.urcs-online.co.uk/
- Village Retail Services Association
Offers support and advice to rural communities across Britain whose village shop or other retail service is threatened.
http://www.virsa.org/
- Western Rural Development Center
Hopes to strengthen rural communities by facilitating development research with universities and communities.
http://www.ext.usu.edu/wrdc/
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