Combining formal instruction, work group activities, and field experience in nonmetropolitan counties, this last of three publications making up a community development training manual deals with extension programming in community development (CD). It is primarily intended for Extension Service personnel who have responsibilities for planning,…

Designed to facilitate rural development efforts, this pamphlet presents a grading key for ranking community factors in each of four key areas of progress as follows: (1) People Building (education, health services, cultural satisfaction, outreach to the disadvantaged, and leadership); (2) Community Facilities (housing, transportation, utilities,…

Organized in a series of logically ordered planning components, this citizen's handbook seeks to develop local expertise for evaluating major economic impacts (economic growth or decline) in nonmetropolitan centers. In each section the user is guided through a set of simple calculations which provide quantitative answers regarding a particular…