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British Petroleum subsidiary working to redevelop the former Llandarcy Oil refinery in Neath, South
Wales, through loans and partnerships.
http://www.bpdarcy.com/
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ShoreBank Pacific
Community development bank lending to Pacific Northwest businesses involved with sustainably
harvested timber, pollution prevention, water treatment, and affordable housing. Banking and saving
products. United States.
http://www.eco-bank.com
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Community Development Venture Capital Alliance
Membership organization supporting professionals working in community development venture capital
by providing training, publications, networking, and consulting. Promotes the idea CDVC to
traditional funders.
http://www.cdvca.org/
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Coalition of Community Development Financial Institutions
National CDFI membership organization offering promotion, training, research, and networking.
United States.
http://www.cdfi.org
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National Community Capital Association
Membership organization of community development financial institutions. Capital, technical
assistance, and development services supporting the revitalization of economically-disadvantaged
urban, rural, and reservation-based communities. United States.
http://www.communitycapital.org/
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Community Development Finance Association
Membership organization providing capacity building, networking, development, and research. United
Kingdom.
http://www.cdfa.org.uk/
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National Main Street Center
Resources and information on how to preserve and revitalize historic downtowns and main streets.
Part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
http://www.mainstreet.org/
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National Vacant Properties Campaign
A national American campaign to prevent abandonment, redevelop vacant properties and revitalize
existing communities.
http://www.vacantproperties.org/
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National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals
Dedicated to improving community and economic development extension programs and professionals.
Board and committee members, conference information, and a mailing list.
http://srdc.msstate.edu/nacdep/
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Strategic Development Solutions
Consultants specializing in building strategic partnerships, creating policy, developing strategies
and securing the financial resources necessary to promote quality economic development and housing
opportunities within communities.
http://www.strategicds.com/
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Renewal Associates
Consultancy specializing in economic, social and environmental regeneration.
http://www.renewal.eu.com/
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Economic Development Solutions, Inc.
Dedicated to improving community and economic development programs by adapting and incorporating
best practices into the initiative's operations.
http://www.e-d-solutions.com/
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Haringey Community Empowerment Network
Part of a government initiative to bring about long lasting regeneration in the UK's most deprived
neighborhoods.
http://mysite.freeserve.com/Haringey_CEN
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Community Technology Advisors Corp.
Leads community-wide economic development efforts by bringing community leaders together to discuss
public policy, technology, and finding collaborative projects to encourage financial growth.
http://www.communitytechnologyadvisors.com/
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National Development Plan
Ireland's investment plan for 2000-2006, using public, private, and European Union funds.
http://www.ndp.ie/
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University of Illinois - Community and Economic Development
Provides information and educational programs, and conducts research on economic and social issues
that are relevant to communities and community leaders.
http://communitydevelopment.uiuc.edu/
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Community Revitalization
Extensive collection of writings on downtowns and urban redevelopment.
http://www.emich.edu/public/geo/557book/a100.main.html
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Urban Regeneration Companies
An umbrella group for British public-private partnerships devoted to achieving redevelopment
strategies for key towns and cities.
http://www.urcs-online.co.uk/
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Village Retail Services Association
Offers support and advice to rural communities across Britain whose village shop or other retail
service is threatened.
http://www.virsa.org/
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Community Reinvestment Fund
Nonprofit organization that provides access to funds for community development lenders.
http://www.crfusa.com/
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Community Development Finance Institution Fund
A program of the United States Treasury Department. Includes funding opportunities, technical
assistance, awards, and links.
http://www.cdfifund.gov/
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Living Cities
The National Community Development Initiative helps improve the vitality of urban neighborhoods by
supporting community development corporations.
http://www.livingcities.org/
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International Downtown Association
Promotes vital and livable urban centers by providing support to business improvement districts and
communities. Includes case studies and various resources for planners, developers, and business
owners.
http://www.ida-downtown.org
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Five Vital Lessons: Successful Partnerships with Business
Guide to effective involvement of business in partnerships for local economic development and
skills.
http://fivevital.educe.co.uk
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South Carolina Association of Community Development Corporations
State-wide trade association of non-profit, community-based development corporations within the
state's economically distressed communities.
http://www.communitydevelopmentsc.org/
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Community Business - North East Lincolnshire on line
Provides the communities of North East Lincolnshire with free training and support to start and
develop their own social economy enterprises, community business and projects
http://www.community-business.org.uk
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CEOs for Cities
A bipartisan, nonprofit alliance of U.S. mayors, corporate executives, university presidents and
nonprofit leaders, that works with local and national policy-makers to advance the economic
competitiveness of cities.
http://www.ceosforcities.org/
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ThinkCycle
An academic, non-profit initiative engaged in supporting distributed collaboration towards design
challenges among underserved communities and the environment.
http://www.thinkcycle.org
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Economic Opportunity Studies
A non-profit corporation that offers training in support of organizations and projects that provide
low-income families and communities with resources they need to become more self-sufficient.
http://www.opportunitystudies.org/
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Economic Development Institute
University of Oklahoma program providing professional economic developers with training, knowledge,
and tools.
http://www.occe.ou.edu/edi/
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National Neighborhood Coalition
An alliance of non-profit and community based organizations providing current information,
advocacy, and support.
http://www.neighborhoodcoalition.org/
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The National Rural Development Partnership
Works to improve quality of life by fostering collaborative public private partnerships.
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/nrdp/
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Community Development Society International
Association for community development practitioners and citizen leaders around the world.
http://comm-dev.org/
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Change Communications
Providing internet solutions for housing and community development organizations. Also includes
useful links page.
http://www.change.org/
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The ICA Group
Provides consulting services to clients working in, or seeking to start, worker-owned and
community-based businesses.
http://www.ica-group.org/
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Center for Community Economic Development
Department of University of Wisconsin Extension creates, applies and transfers multidisciplinary
knowledge to help people understand community change and identify opportunities.
http://www.uwex.edu/ces/cced/
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Neighborhood Design Center
A nonprofit organization founded in Baltimore, Maryland by volunteers dedicated to providing urban
communities with access to professional, conceptual architectural, landscape, design and planning
services.
http://www.ndc-md.org/
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The New Rules Project
Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) proposes a set of new rules that builds community by
supporting humanly scaled politics and economics.
http://www.newrules.org/
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Pratt Institute Center for Community and Environmental Development
Information about policy analyses, advocacy, training courses and workshops.
http://www.picced.org/
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Western Rural Development Center
Hopes to strengthen rural communities by facilitating development research with universities and
communities.
http://www.ext.usu.edu/wrdc/
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NeighborWorks Net
Information relating to a host of community-revitalization efforts from across the United States,
focused on revitalizing declining neighborhoods by stabilizing home ownership and preserving
housing affordable to low- and moderate-income families.
http://www.nw.org/
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Collaborative Economics
Helps public and private leadership groups develop and implement collaborative strategies for
creating high-performing economic communities.
http://www.coecon.com/
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Neighborhood Communities
Online community resourcing and support center. Helping communities support each other with an
emphasis on the non-virtual.
http://www.neighborhood.com/
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UK Business Incubation
An independent body (with government backing) that promotes and supports business incubation in
Britain.
http://www.ukbi.co.uk
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National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions
Not-for-profit organization acting as advocates for, and supporting local community credit unions
in over 40 states.
http://www.natfed.org/
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National Business Incubation Association
A membership organization of incubator developers and managers helping emerging growth companies
survive and grow during the start-up period, providing education, training and industry
information.
http://www.nbia.org/
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National Association of Development Organizations
Provides training, information, networking, and representation for regional development
organizations in small metropolitan and rural areas of the United States.
http://www.nado.org/
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