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The field of economic development changes rapidly. Below, the practitioner will find a list of recent tools and updated resources.
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NGA: Arts and the Economy |
 The report, Arts & the Economy: Using Arts and Culture to Stimulate State Economic Development , provides concrete examples from states and rural areas across the country, that can help regional development planners and business leaders incorporate the arts and culture into their long-term economic development strategies. Download the report.
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UNC: Small Town Development |
 New from UNC's School of Government - “Small Towns, Big Ideas: Case Studies in Small Town Community Economic Development” The website includes a searchable database of case studies on small town community and economic development. This is a valuable resource for small town leaders across the country. Go to the website and check out this great resource!
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FIELD: Rural Entrepreneurship |
 Revitalizing Rural Economies Through Entrepreneurship Development Systems , a report on the key outcomes from a three-year, W. K. Kellogg Foundation-funded initiative, has been released by The Aspen Institute's FIELD program and is now available on-line. Read the full report .
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Workforce One: May 2009 Newsletter |
 Workforce (3) One , sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor/Employment and Training Administration (ETA), is an interactive communications and learning platform designed to build the capacity of the Workforce Investment System (WIS) to develop strategies that enable individuals to be successful in the 21st century economy. Their May newsletter contains links to many valuable youth employment resources (note: registration required for document downloads).
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IEDC: Benchmarking Innovation |
 This article, from the Winter 2009 edition of the IEDC's Economic Development Journal, offers tips and insights on how communities can rate themselves against other communities as regards the support of innovation. This article will be of particular interest to those training Module 5 in the KYR curriculum.
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Council of Advisors on Science & Technology |
 A new report by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST ) points to strengthening ties between universities and industry as the key to promoting an “innovation ecosystem” in the United States.
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 A new 2008 report from Britain's National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts or "NESTA" assesses the distinctive contributions to innovation made by arts and humanties research. The link between the humanties and entrepreneurship
is one often overlooked by policymakers.
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 The Kauffman Foundation has just released the 2008 State New Economy Index which analyzes and benchmarks each state along 29 indicators that measure how well it has adapted to the New Economy (i.e an economy that is knowledge-based, globalized, entrepreneurial, IT-driven, and innovative ).Click here to see the current featured resources |
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