Community and Economic Development

• Organizations

• Society: Issues: Housing: Affordable and Low Income Housing 
• Business: Business to Business: Real Estate: Development 

• Center for Community Economic Development  - Creates, applies and transfers multidisciplinary knowledge to help people understand community change and identify opportunities.
• Center for Community Enterprise  - Center features expertise and resources for community economic development, organizations, curriculum design and delivery, magazine, tools and techniques, and links.
• CEOs for Cities  - Cross sector network of urban leaders discovers the trends that affect cities, deciphers what to respond and develops new innovations.
• Change.org  - Community platform creates links of social networks for non-profit organizations.
• Collaborative Economics  - Seeks out civic entrepreneurs, helps leaders create breakthroughs and provides ideas, strategic analysis, national networks and results.
• Community Development Financial Institutions Fund  - Promotes economic revitalization and community development, access to capital and local economic growth, and provides credit and financial services.
• Community Planning  - Provides overview on community planning methods, benefits, general principles, scenarios, case studies, publications, useful formats and checklists.
• Community Technology Advisors Corp.  - Provides information on public policy, technology and expertise, tools on services, client updates and technology trends.
• Economic Development Solutions, Inc.  - Dedicated to helping community and economic development organizations to adopt practices and provides solutions, publications, projects and research information.
• Economic Opportunity Studies  - Provides support for community-based and private organizations, offers research and opportunities, and develops strategies to measure and disseminate results of works.
• Pratt Center for Community Development  - Aims to supplement professional skills to support community-based organizations in improving neighborhood quality of life, addressing poverty and inequality concerns, and advancing sustainable development.
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Community and Economic Development  - Presents information and resources on community assessments, planning, leadership, business development, sustainability, and tourism programs.
• Useful-Community-Development.org  - Provides practical advice to neighborhood leaders, officials, and activists about ways to make improvements on community issues.
• Western Rural Development Center  - Regional center funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Services (CSREES). Aims to empower local citizens in guiding the future of their rural communities.