Resource Center
Small Cities and Rural Communities
4/7/2011
In 1900, Congress granted the American Red Cross (ARC) its charter, charging the volunteer organization with providing services to members of military as well as delivering assistance to disaster victims. The ARC web site provides information on domestic and international disaster recovery efforts and provides topical emergency and safety preparedness information.
4/7/2011
This document contains planning guidance documents and other materials based on the National RTAP work.
4/7/2011
CTAA is an association of organizations and individuals committed to improving mobility for the estimated 75 million people at risk of being unable to provide or afford their own transportation and who are likely to be dependent upon others for their mobility.
CTAAs web site includes the full text of many of their publications, including the Status Report on Public Transportation in Rural America. The online National Transit Resource Center serves transportation providers, planners, and passengers with publications, peer support, advice and assistance.
4/7/2011
CTAA is an association of organizations and individuals committed to improving mobility for the estimated 75 million people at risk of being unable to provide or afford their own transportation and who are likely to be dependent upon others for their mobility.
CTAA's web site includes the full text of many of their publications, including the Status Report on Public Transportation in Rural America. The online National Transit Resource Center serves transportation providers, planners, and passengers with publications, peer support, advice and assistance.
11/29/2012
Diesel Emissions Conference USA 2012 is an independent platform for analysis and discussion on diesel emissions legislative issues.
4/7/2011
West Virginia University web site with links to the National Environmental Training Center for Small Communities, National Small Flows Clearinghouse, National Drinking Water Clearinghouse, and National Onsite (wastewater treatment) Demonstration Project. All of these web sites offer training and information for small and rural communities.
11/8/2012
This free Fact Pack can help evaluate the market opportunities and challenges for natural gas.
11/8/2012
Four presentations with speaker’s script available for member use in training.
4/7/2011
This periodical from the United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service tracks rural economic and social trends in rural America. Each issue focuses on one of three topics: rural industries, changes in Federal programs and funding affecting rural areas, and socioeconomic trends in such areas as employment and earnings, poverty, housing, farm labor, and population. Issues online from 1996 to present.
4/7/2011
This periodical from the United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service contains nontechnical articles on the results of new rural research and what those results mean. Shows the practical application of research in rural banking, aging, housing, the nonmetro labor force, poverty, and the effect of farm policies on rural areas. Issues online from 1996 to present.
4/7/2011
The Sprawl Resource Guide is designed to familiarize you with several of the key issues associated with sprawl, and direct you to some of the wealth of information already available on the Web.
4/7/2011
Sprawl Watch Clearinghouse has news and information about sprawl, including analyses of state
legislation and local policies and programs, best practices to reduce sprawl, a periodic
newsletter, and links to other resources and partnering organizations.
11/8/2012
TwHP program has posted two on-line lesson plans based on historic places, The Greatest Dam in the World: Building Hoover Dam and Making the Desert Bloom: The Rio Grande Project.
