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Wood County Community Development Homepage
Community development involves topics such as:
- Leadership
- Demographic information & translating the statistics
- Information on legislative process.
- Land Use
- Maps
- Policy & Politics
For more information on these topics click on http://west.osu.edu
Community development programs are part of all program areas in the Extension Office. Leadership training, legislative information and support, are areas that 4-H, Agriculture, and Family & Consumer Sciences work with.
4-H trains youth in leadership skills and gives them the opportunity to visit with legislators and tell about their experiences.
The Agriculture and FCS program assists adults in leadership development and gives them opportunities to develop skills.
For more information on community development activities click on the individual program areas.
Want to conduct activities that will build dynamic groups? Click on: http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~bdg
Links
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Extension Community Development
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State Government
Connect Ohio
State of Ohio Front Page
Ohio Department of Development
Ohio Department of Development, Office of Strategic Research
Legislative Information
Legislative Information Service
Data and Demograhics Information
US Bureau of the Census
American Chamber of Commerce Researchers Association
National Agricultural Statistics Service
National Center for Education Statistics
US Geological Society
US Bureau of Labor Statistics
US Department of Labor
Department of Commerce Economic Statistics
Miscellaneous Resources
US Environmental Protection Agency
Small Business Administration
Center for Rural America
Rocky Mountain Institute
American Planning Association (APA)
Sustainability
University of Minnesota's Economic Development Policy Program
Business Retention & Expansion International
Kellogg Foundation
Indiana Economic Development Academy Federal Emergency Management Agency
Rural Development Centers
North Central Center for Rural Development
Northeast Center for Rural Development
South Rural Development Center
Western Rural Development Center
