Online Resources

• Business Development Skills
• Center for Community & Economic Development
• Center for Rural PA
• Community Affairs Extension (CAX)
• Community Economic Analysis
• Extension Community Development
• Rural Health

Information by Subject Area

• Economic Data (Census)
• Government
• Land Use
• PA Tax Reforms

Legal/Financial Information

• Cost & Revenues of Residential Development
• Impact of Real Property Taxes on Farmers
• Local Taxes and Our Community - A Workbook Series
• Taxes

Info-Graphics

• Whose Tree Is It? Sharing Trees
• Whose Tree Is It? Crossing Boundaries

Newsletters

• Consumer Issues
• Intergenerational Learning
• Workforce

Press Releases

• Penn State Project Uses Libraries to Improve Financial Literacy

Additional Resources

• Citizens' Viewpoint
• Community Development Resources
• Health & Emerging Issues
• Keystone Agricultural Innovation Center (KAIC)

Publications

• Bouncing Back When Your Income Drops 8: Using Community Resources
• Calculating a Cost of Community Services Ratio for Your Pennsylvania Community
• Charting the Future of Our Community 1: Setting Our Course
• Charting the Future of Our Community 2: Where We Are
• Charting the Future of Our Community 3: Where We Want to Be
• Charting the Future of Our Community 4: Making the Trip
• Community Forestry in Pennsylvania
• Community Network Project: Introduction
• Community Network Project: Broadband Demand Aggregation
• Community Network Project: Community Center
• Community Network Project: Community Web Site
• Community Network Project: Education Component
• Economic and Community Development Resources for Citizens and Local Officials
• Finding the Common Ground: Community Conflicts Over Agriculture, Land Use, and Natural Resources
• Finding the Common Ground: Understanding Your Community’s Agriculture
• Food System Planning: A Guide for Community Organization
• Local Taxes and Our Community 1: Tax Fairness: What’s Fair for Our Community?
• Local Taxes and Our Community 2: What’s Going on in Our Community?
• Local Taxes and Our Community 3: How Do We Currently Use Taxes?
• Local Taxes and Our Community 4: How Do the Taxes We Use Affect Taxpayers?
• Local Taxes and Our Community 5: What Should Be Our Local Tax Distribution?
• Planting Trees in Your Community Forest

NOTE: SCD stands for Sustainable Community Development)

• SCD 1: The Quality of Life in Pennsylvania: Local Views on Rural Development
• SCD 2: Nonfarm Attitudes Towards Farming: A Case Study in Chester County, PA

NOTE: UECYC stands for Understanding Economic Change in Your Community)

• UECYC: Using Unemployment Data to Better Understand Your Economy: Read Me First! An Introduction
• UECYC:Using Unemployment Data to Better Understand Your Local Economy: Introduction
• UECYC:Costs and Revenues of Residential Development: A Workbook for Local Officials and Citizens
• UECYC:Using CIM-PSU to Understand the Effects of Change on Your Community
• UECYC:Using Employment Data to Better Understand Your Local Economy: Tool 1. Develop a "Snapshot"
• UECYC:Using Employment Data to Better Understand Your Local Economy: Tool 2. Chart the Historical Performance
• UECYC:Using Employment Data to Better Understand Your Local Economy: Tool 3. Use Location Quotients
• UECYC:Using Employment Data to Better Understand Your Local Economy: Tool 4. Shift-Share Analysis
• UECYC:Using Employment Data to Better Understand Your Local Economy: Tool 5. A Pennsylvania Internet Resource
• UECYC:Using Employment Data to Better Understand Your Local Economy: Tool 6. Qualitative Analysis