Community Economic Development online (U.C. Berkeley)

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Community Economic Development Online lists more than 50 web sites pertaining to community and economic development, as well as rural development. This list has a U.S. and California emphasis, and reflects the interests of researchers in the UC Berkeley, College of Environmental Design. For additional assistance please consult the Environmental Design Library reference staff, 210 Wurster Hall.
UC Berkeley faculty, registered students, and staff who are off campus may use items marked UCB Only or UC Only by using The Library's proxy service or by installing the Connecting@Berkeley CD on their computer.

Last updated: 7 July 2005

Boulder Community Network Includes a list of full text articles, gateway sites, and other resources pertaining to community networks and community development.: http://bcn.boulder.co.us/
Community & Economic Development (Cyburbia) Links to community development resources on the Internet. International scope. Part of Cyburbia's Planning Resource Directory.: http://www.cyburbia.org/directory/index.php?sid=100888667&t=sub_pages&cat=61
Community Development Links (Change) Includes links to case studies and best practices.: http://www.change.org/links.htm
Pratt Institute Center for Community and Environmental Development (PICCED) (Pratt Institute) PICCED works with community groups to support local community sustainable development. Good web links section.: http://www.picced.org/

Economic Development (U.S. HUD) Part of HUD's U.S. State & Local Gateway. Links to many funding, regulatory, and other resources.: http://www.hud.gov/economicdevelopment/
Journal of the Community Development Society Site includes abstracts of articles (1995-present) and a cumulative index (1990-1996). A paper copy of the Journal of the Community Development Society is available in the Environmental Design Library, HT51 C635.: http://codewriters.com/asites/page.cfm?pageid=1706&usr=commdev
National Main Street Center (Natl. Trust for Historic Preservation) Includes descriptions of NTHP programs supporting the revitalization of communities and neighborhoods, as well as a variety of web links.: http://www.mainst.org/

The Metropolitan Forum Project--Annotated Bibliography Extensive bibliography of citations to newspaper articles and research reports on California public finance and planning issues, arranged geographically and topically.: http://www.metroforum.org/biblio.html
W. K. Kellogg Collection of Rural Community Development Resources (Heartland Center for Leadership Development) "The Collection contains high quality rural community development materials funded by the Kellogg Foundation and other selected sponsors of recognized rural programs. Guidebooks, manuals, workshop materials, reports, books, and videos are included.": http://www.unl.edu/kellogg/index.html

Community Technology Center's Network (CTCN) Members include "more than 1000 independent community technology centers where people get free or low-cost access to computers and computer-related technology." Useful links and publications. See the next item for an example.: http://www.ctcnet.org/
-----. Community technology centers: impact on individual participants and their communities (Community Technology Center's Network), by June Mark, Janet Cornebise, and Ellen Wahl. Education Development Center, Inc. Submitted to: Dr. Hyman Field, Informal Science Division/ESIE, National Science Foundation. 1997.; http://www.ctcnet.org/resources/reports/eval.htm
Digital Divide Network (Benton Foundation) Includes information on economic development projects and international impacts.: http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org/content/sections/index.cfm?key=6
Falling through the Net: The U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration is publishing a series of analytical and statistical reports on what's popularly known as the "digital divide" between the technology haves and have-nots. The reports are good sources for data on technology use, ownership, and access, by such socioeconomic variables as race, income, household type, etc.

Falling through the net: a survey of the "have nots" in rural and urban America. Washington, DC: U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration, [1995].
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/fallingthru.html
Falling through the net II: new data on the digital divide. 2nd report. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, [1998].
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/net2/
Falling through the net: defining the digital divide: a report on the telecommunications and information technology gap in America. 3rd report. Washington, DC: U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration, [1999].
Onlined ed.: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/fttn99/contents.html
Paper ed.: EnvDesign QA76 F34 1999
Falling through the net: toward digital inclusion: a report on Americans' access to technology tools. 4th report. Washington, DC: U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration, 2000.
http://search.ntia.doc.gov/pdf/fttn00.pdf
High technology and low-income communities: prospects for the positive use of advanced information technology - UCB Only, Donald A. Schon, Bish Sanyal, William J. Mitchell, ed. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1999.: Online ed.: http://www.netlibrary.com/summary.asp?id=402; Paper ed.: EnvDesign & Main T58.5 H55 1999
LARTA (Los Angeles Regional Technology Alliance) Organization's mission: to strengthen, inform, network and promote Southern California's technology community worldwide.: http://www.larta.org/
New Community Networks - Bibliography (Seattle Community Network) Contains approximately 300 citations to books related to community networks and telecommunications technology.: http://www.scn.org/ip/commnet/bib.htm
TechVentures Network The San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley’s regional technology alliance.: http://www.techventuresnetwork.org/
UK Communities Online "Aims to address issues of sustainability, social inclusion and healthier economies by focussing on the use of new communications technologies in localities." Includes links to European sites related to community networking.: http://www.communities.org.uk/

The Center for Community Partnerships (Univ. of Pennsylvania): http://www.upenn.edu/ccp/
Community Research and Partnerships (UC Berkeley, Institute of Urban and Regional Development) Provides links to current partnerships, community coursework, and community focused research reports.: http://www-iurd.ced.berkeley.edu/partnerships.htm
Interactive University Project (UC Berkeley): http://interactiveu.berkeley.edu:8000/IU/
Office of University Partnerships (U.S. HUD) The OUP supports University partnerships with local communities for local community revitalization.: http://www.oup.org/
UIC Neighborhoods Initiative (Univ. of Illinois, Chicago): http://www.uic.edu/cuppa/gci/uicni/

Military Base Revitalization (State of California) Includes major information nodes for military base reuse, doing business in California, and jobs, education, and training. Includes links to the California Office of Military Base Retention and Reuse, California Economic Diversification and Revitalization (CEDAR), and the Local Agency Military Base Recovery Act (LAMBRA) program.: http://commerce.ca.gov/state/ttca/ttca_navigation.jsp?path=Business+%26+Community+Resources&childPath=Military+Base+Revitalization

California Association for Local Economic Development Includes many useful web links.: http://www.caled.org/
Center for Neighborhood Technology Non-profit organization supporting sustainable community economic development. Chicago regional focus; national in scope.: http://www.cnt.org/
Community Development Society CDS is a "professional association offering a global perspective on community development." Site includes cumulative index and abstracts of the Journal of the Community Development Society.: http://comm-dev.org/
COMM-ORG: The On-Line Conference on Community Organizing and Development (Univ. of Toledo, Urban Affairs Center & Dept. of Sociology...) Site includes information for subscribing to the COMM-ORG listserv, publications information, as well as academic resources (e.g., syllabi), web links, and resources for organizers.: http://comm-org.utoledo.edu/
Economic Development Alliance for Business Economic development organization serving the East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area), providing assistance with site location, financing, regulatory coordination, workforce,and a number of business climate issues. Includes statistical profiles of East Bay cities.: http://www.edab.org/
International Economic Development Council Formed by the merger of the Council for Urban Economic Development and the American Economic Development Council.: http://www.iedconline.org/
Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation A private, non-profit organization established in 1981 with the mission to attract, retain and grow businesses and jobs in the Los Angeles region. Web site includes links to many other regional economic development organizations in Southern California.: http://www.laedc.org/
Mission Economic Development Association A community-based, local economic development corporation located in the Mission District of San Francisco.: http://www.medasf.org/
National Association for County Community & Economic Development: http://www.nacced.org/ An affiliate of the National Association of Counties
National Association of Development Organizations Provides training, information and representation for regional development organizations in small metropolitan and rural America.

http://www.nado.org/
National Trust for Historic Preservation: http://www.nationaltrust.org/
Neighborhoods Online: National (LibertyNet) Includes national organizations and federal agencies relevant to neighborhood concerns, e.g., economic development and housing & community development.: http://neighborhoodsonline.net/
NeighborWorks® Net (Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation) The NRC was established in 1978 to revitalize declining lower-income communities and provide affordable housing for their residents. NeighborWorks® is a network of community-based organizations.: http://www.nw.org/network/home.asp
PolicyLink "A national advocacy, research, capacity building, and communications organization." Works with community-building practitioners, national nonprofit organizations, etc., to build community and regional equity. Oakland-based.: http://www.policylink.org/
Rural and Small Town Programme (Mount Allison Univ., Canada) Site is international in scope, with a strong Canadian emphasis.: http://www.mta.ca/rstp/
Rural Community Assistance Corporation "Provides a wide range of housing and environmental services throughout the western U.S.": http://www.rcac.org/

Community Planning and Development (U.S. HUD) Sponsors Community Connections, a clearinghouse for program regulations; model programs, case studies, publications on a variety of housing, community and economic development topics; funding information; training and conference announcements; and referrals to technical assistance providers.: http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/index.cfm
Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities (EZ/EC) (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture & U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development) Includes EZ/EC community home pages and various information resources.: http://www.ezec.gov/

Compiled by Deborah Sommer
City Planning & Landscape Architecture Librarian
Environmental Design Library
Originally compiled in 1997

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Document maintained on server: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ by Deborah Sommer.
Last updated 12/16/05. Server manager: Contact.