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    American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
    Economic Stimulus

     

    Efforts made to aid the growth of the economy, locally or statewide, especially in the lower economic levels.

     


    General

    Programs and efforts to improve the economic or cultural well-being of a neighborhood or community. Click here to read a history of community development ...

     

    Findings

    Economic Development Research Group "EDR Group is advancing the state-of-the-art in measuring economic development performance, impacts and opportunities." http://www.edrgroup.com 2 Oliver St. Boston, MA 02109 617-338-6775 Economic ...

    Michael Shuman has website/blog and other resources that make the case that supporting small businesses make sense and is the only real long-term solution for ...

    Enhancing Portland's Business Environment: A Public - Private Enterprise

    June 27, 2008, City Club of Portland Comprehensive Report (PDF): ...

    Rolling Up Our Sleeves: Building an Oregon That Works for Working Families

    State of Working Oregon 2008-2009, Oregon Center For Public Policy In ...

     

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    Of all the People & Organizations involved with Economic development, who knows most? What are the best contacts for people just starting out on this topic?

     

    "HUD wants to strengthen communities, and economic development is an important part of that effort." http://www.hud.gov/economicdevelopment/index.cfm   Where located ...
    "ERT was established by the 72nd Oregon Legislature (HB 2011) to focus state agencies on working together at the local level to increase economic opportunity ...
    "RDI is dedicated to helping small communities shape their futures by providing a variety of services that include strategic planning, project assistance, leadership development and ...
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    Here are all the People & Organizations working on Economic development:

     

     

    click here to add your organization (don't forget to indicate that they focus on Economic development)

     

    Supporting Foundations and Affinity Groups

     

    click here to add your foundation or affinity group (don't forget to indicate that they focus on Economic development)

     

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  • a nonprofit group asks:

    "We would like to conduct a social impact study of our members that  illustrate the programmatic impact nonprofits have on the community. We have been able to find reports for the economic impact of nonprofits, but not a compilation of their social impact, their program benchmarks, as it were. Do you know of any reports or organizations that are doing this kind of work that we could link with or use their survey work?"

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    Social Impact of Nonprofits
    Philanthropy and Social Impact

     

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