• Basic Steps for Starting a Business
  PDF document  |  Word document

• Project Connect: Web-based communication report (Word)
• Web meeting services comparison grid
  Excel spreadsheet | PDF document

• Lessons Learned: Minnesota Early Childhood Initiative, 2003-2006 (PDF)
• Building Nurturing Communities of Thriving Children, ECI research report by Wilder Research (PDF)

• 2010 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for West Central Minnesota NEW
• Infrastructure studies
• Water Hazards: Taking on Today’s Rural Infrastructure Crisis (Powerpoint) NEW!
• Rural Matters: The Social Innovation Fund and Rural Innovation - white paper NEW
  PDF Document  |  Word document

• County Energy Use and Renewable Energy Potential NEW

Family Economic Success White Papers

• Removing Barriers to Entitlement Programs (PDF)
• Financial Education for Families: Stemming the Tide of Personal Financial Crises (PDF)
• Reliable Transportation: A Vehicle to Reducing Poverty (PDF)

• Rural Development Philanthropy: New Idea, Old Roots (link to Center for Rural Strategies article)
• What is the RDP Collaborative? (PDF)
• RDP Framework (PDF)
• RDP Rationale (PDF)
• RDP Core Competencies (PDF)
• Combined RDP document (all of the above RDP documents) (PDF)
  

• Regional Transportation Plan
• Regional Trails Plan
• Transit Coordination Study for West Central Minnesota

• Exploring High-Demand, High-Pay Occupations in West Central Minnesota (PDF)
• Study of Skilled Labor Shortages executive summary | full report
• Using Labor Turnover to Measure the Cost Effectiveness of Employee Training
  executive summary | full report
• Experienced Worker Toolkit

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