Training and Resources
Books and Physical Items are available on a check out basis. All others are online resources.
Library:
Walkable City Rules By: Jeff Speck
Rural Communities By: Flora, Flora, Gasteyer
Crucial Conversations By: Patterson, Grenny, McMillian, Switzler
Economic Development and Transition By: Justin Yifu Lin
The Elusive Quest for Gorwth By: Willam Easterly
Being at Home in the World By: Laetita Mizero Hellerud
The Secret By: Blanchard, Miller
Once in the Middle of Nowhere By: Jack Olson
Tickle the Toes, Touch the Heart By: Chuck Mefford
BrandsFormation By: Chuck Mefford
Guerilla Marketing By: Jay Conrad Levinson and Al Lautenslager
Podcasts:
Aaron Renn Podcast : Small Town Economic Development
Articles:
Growing Tourism, Growing North Dakota
Lanesboro Arts Case Study –watch the video
Forget Big-City Living: More Millennials Are Transforming Small-Town America
How Small Towns and Cities Can Use Local Assets to Rebuild Their Economies
Why Walkable Streets are More Economically Productive
10 reasons rural community development is hard to do
NRECA Article: Rural Revitalization
Training: