fIdeas in development abound from around the nation and region!

General

• 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

Business Incubators

• National Business Incubation Program

Manuals and Tools

• 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 

Planning

• Planners Web
• American Planning Association

Public Policy

• National Association of Development Organizations (NADO)
• Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED) (low income / entrepreneurship)

Revitalization

• Main Street

Rural

• 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)

Sustainability

• Sustainable Communities Network
• Texas Industries of the Future

Technology/New Economy

• The New Economy - Progressive Policy Institute
• Rural Texas Access
• Lonestar Broadband
• Smart Communities
• Technology: The Digital Divide (pdf)

Professional Organizations

• International Economic Development Council (IEDC)
• National Association of Business Economists (NABE)
• Association of University Business and Economic Reearch (AUBER)
• Association for Community Organization and Social Administration (ACOSTA)