
	*OCD Publications-*

Documents Made Available by OCD

Best Practices, 1999--Best practices taken from the 1999 annual reports of rural EZ/ECs, Champions, and REAP Zones. (pdf file, 425 K)

By-Laws for Champion Communities, generic bylaws that communities can modify for local use (Word 97/2000 document, 34 K)

Community Development Benchmark Management System--Instruction Manual, Version 4 (pdf file, 398 K)

Community Empowerment--A New Approach to Rural Development An article by Norman Reid in the May 1999 issue of Rural Development Perspectives that reviews the history and progress of the rural Community Empowerment Initiative (pdf file, 393 K)

Community Empowerment--Your Guide to Participation (brochure) (pdf file, 54 K)

Community Participation: How People Power Brings Sustainable Benefits to Communities. (pdf file, 162 K)

Empowering Rural Communities: A Perspective at the Five-Year Point (pdf file, 240 K)

Empowerment Zones/Enterprise Communities at the North Central Regional Center for Rural Development--The North Central Regional Center for Rural Development has conducted several studies about the Round I EZ/ECs. This site includes links to their findings as well as contact information for the Center.

The EZ/EC Administrative Handbook - Volume 1: Intro and Rio Grande Valley EZ example (pdf file 1,359 K)

The EZ/EC Administrative Handbook - Volume 2: Kentucky Highlands EZ example (pdf file 3,200 K)

The EZ/EC Administrative Handbook - Volume 3: Accomack and Northampton EC example (pdf file 3,743 K)

The EZ/EC Administrative Handbook - Volume 4: North Delta EC example (pdf file 5,542 K)

The EZ/EC Administrative Handbook - Volume 5: McDowell County EC example (pdf file 3,528 K)

Federal Programs Guide (pdf file, 807 K)

A Guide to Implementation and Benchmarking for Rural Communities (pdf file, 59 K)

A Guide to Strategic Planning for Rural Communities (pdf file, 49 K)

Poverty, Race and Community in Rural Places: The Empowerment Approach A paper written by Norman Reid presented at the 2002 Community Development Society (CDS) Conference (pdf file,122 K).

Progress Report of Round I Rural Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities (pdf file, K)

Rural Information Publications--These publications cover a broad range of topics and are divided into two categories in this menu: rural publications, and rural health publications. General rural publications include those on education, transportation, general funding for rural areas, historic preservation, tourism, leadership, natural resources, financial management for local governments and more. Health publications cover funding resources, health personnel issues and specific health topics.

Strategies for Providing Rural Transit (pdf file, 157 K)

What Works! II in the Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities, Volume II (pdf file, 4,767 K)