fIdeas in development abound from around the nation and region!
- Southern Rural Development Center - Mississippi State University
- Heartland Center for Rural Development - University of Nebraska
- Western Rural Development Center - Utah State University
- Community and Economic Development - University of Illinois
- Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development - Pennsylvania State University
- Economic Development Administration - US Department of Commerce
- Community Development Toolbox
- Community Swap
- Rural Viability Index: A Tool for Assessing Rural Communities - Texas A&M / ORCA (pdf)
- Economic Development for Small Communities - National Center for Small Communities
- National Association of Development Organizations (NADO)
- Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED) (low income / entrepreneurship)
- National Rural Development Partnership
- Aspen Institute, Community Strategies Group
- Community Networking Movement
- Center for Applied Rural Innovation - University of Nebraska
- Rural Development - USDA
- 80-55 Coalition for Rural America
- Rural Texas in Transition (2002) - Texas Comptroller's Office (pdf)
- The New Economy - Progressive Policy Institute
- Rural Texas Access
- Lonestar Broadband
- Smart Communities
- Technology: The Digital Divide (pdf)





