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» Action for Market Towns - UK national organization dedicated to promoting the vitality and viability of small towns.

» 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.

» 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.

» 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.

» Cities Alliance - Global association of cities and development partners works to eliminate slums through the development of new tools, practical approaches, and knowledge sharing.

» Collaborative Economics - Helps public and private leadership groups develop and implement collaborative strategies for creating high-performing economic communities.

» Community Development Finance Institution Fund - A program of the United States Treasury Department. Includes funding opportunities, technical assistance, awards, and links.

» Community Development Society International - Association for community development practitioners and citizen leaders around the world.

» Community Empowerment Network - Initiative supports capacity building and the development of networks to share community knowledge and experiences. [in Russian and English]

» Community Planning - A starting point for citizens interested in community involvement. Includes general principles, methods, scenarios, publications, and a glossary.

» Community Reinvestment Fund - Nonprofit organization that provides access to funds for community development lenders.

» Community Revitalization - Extensive collection of writings on downtowns and urban redevelopment.

» 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.

» Economic Development Institute - University of Oklahoma program providing professional economic developers with training, knowledge, and tools.

» Economic Development Solutions, Inc. - Dedicated to improving community and economic development programs by adapting and incorporating best practices into the initiative's operations.

» 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.

» Five Vital Lessons: Successful Partnerships with Business - Guide to effective involvement of business in partnerships for local economic development and skills.

» Haringey Community Empowerment Network - Part of a government initiative to bring about long lasting regeneration in the UK's most deprived neighborhoods.

» The ICA Group - Provides consulting services to clients working in, or seeking to start, worker-owned and community-based businesses.

» 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.

» International Urban Development Association - Encourages the exchange of information, experience, and best practices on urban development and renewal across the world. Provides an annual conference, publications, newsletters, and networking opportunities.

» KEI Expert Centre Urban Renewal - Information about urban renewal in the Netherlands, including policy, processes, organizations, and projects. [in Dutch and English]

» Kumarappa Institute of Gram Swaraj - Promotes rural community development by supporting village projects and people's institutions. Group supports Gandhi's principles of self-reliance and cooperation on a local level. Includes directive, activities and annual report.

» Living Cities - The National Community Development Initiative helps improve the vitality of urban neighborhoods by supporting community development corporations.

» Marketek, Inc. - Market research firm specializing in market analysis and economic development services for downtown revitalization projects. [requires Flash]

» 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.

» 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.

» 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.

» 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.

» National Neighborhood Coalition - An alliance of non-profit and community based organizations providing current information, advocacy, and support.

» The National Rural Development Partnership - Works to improve quality of life by fostering collaborative public private partnerships.

» National Vacant Properties Campaign - A national American campaign to prevent abandonment, redevelop vacant properties and revitalize existing communities.

» 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.

» Neighborhood Planning for Community Revitalization - Minnesota organization working to build partnerships between community-based organizations and local colleges and universities around community building activities.

» NeighborWorks America - Information relating to a host of community-revitalization efforts from across the United States, focused on revitalizing declining neighborhoods, and supporting the development and preservation of affordable housing for low- and moderate-income families.

» 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.

» Pratt Institute Center for Community and Environmental Development - Information about policy analyses, advocacy, training courses and workshops.

» Renewal Associates - Consultancy specializing in economic, social and environmental regeneration.

» Renewal.net - A guide to neighbourhood renewal in the United Kingdom. Includes how-to guides, case studies, and project summaries.

» Scottish Enterprise - Scotland's main economic development agency, funded by the Scottish Executive. Provides online support and skills development assistance to local enterprises and jobseekers.

» Solutions for America - A program of the Pew Partnership for Civic Change. Provides research and best practices on community development issues.

» 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.

» 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.

» ThinkCycle - An academic, non-profit initiative engaged in supporting distributed collaboration towards design challenges among underserved communities and the environment.

» UK Business Incubation - An independent body (with government backing) that promotes and supports business incubation in Britain.

» 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.

» Urban Regeneration Companies - An umbrella group for British public-private partnerships devoted to achieving redevelopment strategies for key towns and cities.

» Village Retail Services Association - Offers support and advice to rural communities across Britain whose village shop or other retail service is threatened.

» Western Rural Development Center - Hopes to strengthen rural communities by facilitating development research with universities and communities.

» World Bank: Urban Development - Networks, institutes, groups, and regional infrastructure units responsible for international urban development lending and technical assistance.

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