Methods for Implementing Strategic Plans

Last Updated: 10/22/2008

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Best Practices

• Best Practices, 1999--Best practices taken from the 1999 annual reports of rural EZ/ECs, Champions, and REAP Zones (pdf file, 425 K)
• What Works, Vol. II--Successful practices in rural and urban Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities (pdf file, 4,767 K)

Publications

• Community Participation: How People Power Brings Sustainable Benefits to Communities.  (pdf file, 162 K)
• Rural Information Center publications.  RIC is a branch of the National Agriculture Library.

Data and Statistics

• FEDSTATS

Legislation and Regulations

• OMB Circulars
• Thomas.  Get the status or text of Congressional bills on the Internet.

Administrative Tools

• Benchmarking and Implementation Guidebook (pdf file, 59 K)--A guide to establishing workplans and performance benchmarks for implementing community strategic plans
• The Benchmark Management System (For rural EZs, ECs, Champion Communities and REAP Zones only; requires password)

Other Resources

• CD Conferences hosted by USDA Rural Development, Office of Community Development--has copies of presentations and materials related to implementing community strategic plans
• Calendar of Rural Development Conferences--maintained by USDA's Rural Information Center at the National Agriculture Library
• Internet Resources on Rural Development

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