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ASSOCIATIONS
Association for Community Design, Los Angeles, California
Indiana Township Association, Fishers, Indiana
Iowa Community Action Association, Des Moines, Iowa
Minnesota Association of Townships, St. Michael, Minnesota
Minnesota Association of Small Cities, Dassel, Minnesota
National Association of Towns and Townships, Washington DC
National Association of Development Organizations, Washington, DC
North Dakota Township Officers Association, Brocket, North Dakota
Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors, Enola, Pennsylvania
South Dakota Association of Towns and Townships, Huron, South Dakota
Wisconsin Towns Association, Shawno, Wisconsin

CENTERS
Carl Small Town Center, Mississippi State University
Center for Applied Rural Innovation, University of Nebraska
Center for Architecture & Urban Studies, Birmingham, Alabama
Center for Community Design Research, SUNY-ESF, Syracuse New York
Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, NC
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Smithsonian Institution
Center for Land Use Interpretation, Culver City, California
Center for Prairie Studies, Grinnell College
Center for Rural Design, University of Minnesota
Center for Rural Policy and Development, St. Peter, Minnesota
Center for Rural and Regional Studies, Southwest Minnesota State University
Center for Rural Studies, University of North Dakota
Center for Rural Studies, University of Vermont
Center for Small Towns, University of Minnesota - Morris
Center for the Study of Group Processes, University of Iowa
Center for Sustainable Building Research, University of Minnesota
Center for Transit Oriented Development, Oakland, California
Center for Universal Design, North Carolina State University
Center for Urban & Community Design, University of Miami
Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, University of Minnesota
Center for Urban Policy and the Environment, IUPUI
Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers University
Charlottesville Community Design Center, Charlottesville, Virginia
Community Design Assistance Center, Virginia Tech
Community Outreach Partnership Planning & Design Center, University of Arizona
CROPS - Center for Rural Outreach and Public Services, San Pierre, Indiana
The Foundation Center, New York, New York
Gaines Center for the Humanities, University of Kentucky
Hamer Center for Community Design Assistance, Penn State University
Heartland Center for Leadership Development, Lincoln, Nebraska
Herberger Center for Design Research, Arizona State University
Iowa Downtown Resource Center, Des Moines, IA
Iowa Nonprofit Resource Center, Iowa City, Iowa
John Nicholas Brown Center for the Study of American Civilization, Brown University
LA Tech Center for Rural Development, Louisianna Tech
Metropolitan Design Center, University of Minnesota
MIT Center for Reflective Community Practice Massachusetts Institute of Technology
National Center for Small Communities, Washington DC
National Center for Smart Growth University of Maryland
National Main Street Center, Washington DC
North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, Iowa State University
Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development, Penn State University
Rural Health Resource Center, Duluth, Minnesota
Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
Western Rural Development Center, Utah State University

EXTENSION SERVICES
Alabama Cooperative Extension
Arizona Cooperative Extension
Clemson University Cooperative Extension
Colorado State University Extension
Iowa State University Extension
Kansas State University Research and Extension
Maryland Cooperative Extension
Michigan State University Extension
Mississippi State University Extension
Montana State University Extension
North Carolina Cooperative Extension
North Dakota State University Extension
Ohio State University Extension
Oregon State University Extension
Purdue University Extension
South Dakota State University Extension
Texas Cooperative Extension - Texas A&M
University of Georgia Cooperative Extension
University of Illinois Extension
University of Minnesota Extension
University of Missouri Extension
University of Tennessee Extension
University of Texas - Austin Extension
University of Vermont Extension
University of Wisconsin Extension
Utah State University Extension
Washington State University Extension
West Virginia University Extension

FEDERAL RESOURCES
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, Washington DC
Americans for the Arts, Washington DC
Internal Revenue Service, Washington DC
Library of Congress, Washington DC
National Archives, Washington DC
National Endowment for the Arts, Washington DC
National Endowment for the Humanities, Washington DC
National League of Cities, Small Cities Council, Washington DC
National Parks Service Historic Preservation Services, Washington DC
National Register of Historic Places, Washington DC
National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington DC
The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatement of Historic Properties
Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
US Department of Agriculture, Washington DC
USDA Rural Development Program, Washington DC
US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington DC

FOUNDATIONS
Annenberg Foundation, Radnor, Pennsylvania
Craigslist Foundation, San Francisco
Peter Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Leadership, New York, NY
Enterprise Foundation, Columbia, Maryland
Ford Foundation, New York, NY
The Foundation Center, New York, NY
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington
Graham Foundation, Chicago, Illinois
William and Flora Hewlitt Foundation, Menlo Park, California
W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek, Michigan
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, Illinois
McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, New York, NY
David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Los Altos, California

HISTORICAL SOCIETIES
Colorado Historical Society
East Tennessee Historical Society
Georgia Historical Society
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Idaho State Historical Society
Illinois State Historical Society
Kansas State Historical Society
Kentucky Historical Society
Maine Historical Society
Minnesota Historical Society
Missouri Historical Society
National Railroad Historical Society
Nebraska State Historical Society
Ohio Historical Society
Oklahoma Historical Society
State Historical Society of Iowa
State Historical Society of Missouri
State Historical Society of North Dakota
South Dakota State Historical Society
Texas State Historical Association
Utah State Historical Association
Virginia Historical Association
Washington State Historical Association
Wisconsin Historical Society

INSTITUTES
ABCD - Asset-Based Community Design Institute, Northwestern University
Aspen Institute, Washington DC
Boomtown Institute, Effingham, Illinois
Brookings Institution, Washington DC
California Institute for Rural Studies, Davis, California
Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, New York
Community & Rural Development Institute, Cornell University
Design Institute, University of Minnesota
Ecological Design Institute, Sausalito, California
Fetzer Institute, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Governors' Institute on Community Design, Washington DC
Homer Hoyt Institute, North Palm Beach, Florida
llinois Institute for Rural Affairs, Western Illinois University
Institute for Regional Studies, North Dakota State University
Institute for Small Town Studies, Fairfield, Iowa
Institute for Social and Economic Development, Washington DC
Institute for the Study of Culture and Society, Bowling Green State University
Institute of Island Studies, University of Prince Edward Island
International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, Phillipines
Leader to Leader Institute, New York, NY
Mayors' Institute on City Design, Washington DC
Mountain Studies Institute, Silverton Colorado
National Charrette Institute, Portland, Oregon
Regional Research Institute, West Virginia University
Rincon Institute, Tucson AZ
Rural Development Institute, Brandon University, Manitoba, Canada
Search Institute Mineapolis, Minnesota
Smart Growth Leadership Institute, Washington DC
Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
Sonoran Institute, Tucson AZ
Urban and Regional Studies Institute, Minnesota State University
Urban Institute, Washington DC
Urban Land Institute, Washington DC

IOWA RESOURCES
Center for the Study of Group Processes , University of Iowa
Downtown Partners Inc., Burlington, Iowa
ICON: Iowa Contemporary Art Gallery, Fairfield, Iowa
Institute for Small Town Studies, Fairfield, Iowa
Iowa Arts Council, Des Moines, Iowa
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvements, Des Moines, Iowa
Iowa Community Action Association, Des Moines, Iowa
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, Des Moines, Iowa
Iowa Downtown Resource Center, Des Moines, Iowa
Iowa Genealogical Society, Des Moines, Iowa
Iowa Historic Preservation Alliance, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa
Iowa Institute For Cooperatives, Ames, Iowa
Iowa League of Cities, Des Moines, Iowa
Iowa Main Street Program, Des Moines, Iowa
Iowa Nonprofit Resource Center, University of Iowa
Iowa Public Radio, Cedar Falls, Iowa
Iowa Public Television, Des Moines, Iowa
The Iowa Review, Iowa City, Iowa
Iowa Rural Development Council, Des Moines, Iowa
Iowa Writers Workshop, Iowa City, Iowa
North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, Iowa State University
Southeast Iowa Regional Planning Commission, Burlington, Iowa
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa

NETWORKS
Community Arts Network, Saxapahaw, NC
Nonprofit Career Network, Haddam, Connecticut
The Nonprofit Network, Belmont, Massachusetts
Small Town Network, Northern Periphery of the European Community
Smart Growth Network, Washington DC
Sustainable Communities Network, Washington DC

PARTNERSHIPS
Community Outreach Partnership Planning & Design Center, University of Arizona
The Nonprofit Partnership, Erie, Pennsylvania
Partnership for Public Service, Washington DC
Pew Partnership, Charlottesville, Virginia

POLICY
Cascade Policy Institute, Portland, Oregon
Center for Rural Policy and Development, St. Peter, Minnesota
Center for Urban Policy and the Environment, IUPUI
Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers University
Institute for Policy Studies, Johns Hopkins University
Institute for Policy Studies, Washington DC
Metropolitan Polic Programy, Brookings Institution
Oregon Center for Rural Policy, La Grande, Oregon
Policy Studies Institute, London, England
Rural Policy Research Institute, Columbia, Missouri

PROGRAMS
American Culture Studies Program, Bowling Green State University
Citizen Planner Program, Michigan State University Extension
Knight Program in Community Building, University of Miami
Rural Action, Arts and Cultural Heritage Program, Trimble, Ohio
Rural Heritage Program, National Trust, Washington DC
Rural and Small Town Programme, Mount Allison University, New Brunswick, Canada
TVA Rural Studies Program, University of Kentucky
USDA Rural Development Program, Washington DC

PUBLICATIONS
amazon.com
Beloit Poetry Journal, Farmington, Maine
fallsapart.com, Seattle, Washington
Governing Magazine, Washington DC
High Country News, Paonia, Colorado
Iowa Review, Iowa City, Iowa
The NonProfit Times, Morris Plains, New Jersey
Philanthropy News Digest, New York NY
Rural Sociology Journal, Columbia, Missouri
Small Town San Francisco, California
Small Town Papers, national newspaper archive
Townhall.com, Washington DC
Utne Magazine, Minneapolis, Minnesota

RAILROADS
Alaska Railroad, Anchorage, Alaska, Denali National Park
American Association of Private Railcar Owners, Washington DC
AMTRAK, Washington DC
Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad, Boone, Iowa
California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
Cass Scenic Railroad, Cass, West Virginia
Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, Chama, New Mexico
Durango & Silverton Narrow Guage Railroad, Durango, Colorado
Friends of the 261, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Grand Canyon Railroad, Williams, Arizona
Great Smokey Mountain Railroad, Dillsboro & Bryson City, North Carolina
Napa Valley Wine Train, Napa, California
National Railroad Historical Society
National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, Wisconsin
New River Train Excursions Huntington, West Virginia
Old Pueblo Trolley, Tucson, Arizona
Rail Merchants International, Fairfield, Iowa
Rail Passenger Car Alliance
Royal Gorge Railroad, Canon City, Colorado
Sierra Madre Express, Copper Canyon, Mexico
Steamtown USA, Scranton Pennsylvania
Strasburg Railroad, Strasburg, Pennsylvania
Verde Canyon Railroad, Clarkdale, Arizona
Western Maryland Scenic Railroad, Cumberland, Maryland
White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad, Skagway, Alaska

SOCIETIES
Missouri Folklore Society, Truman State University
National Railroad Historical Society
Rural Sociological Society, University of Missouri
Olive Natural Heritage Society, West Shokan, New York

MISCELLANY
ADPSR - Architects Designers Planners for Social Responsibility
amazon.com
Barn Again!
Black Mountain College Museum North Carolina
Building Living Neighborhoods
Congress for New Urbanism, Chicago IL
Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Cultural Future of Small Cities, Kamloops, British Columbia
Cultural Heritage Tourism, Denver, Colorado
Department for the Study of Culture and Society, Drake University
Ecological Construction Laboratory, Urbana, IL
FLAT-PAK, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Great Books of the Great Plains, University of Nebraska
The Henry Ford Greenfield Village, Michigan
Historic Preservation & Community Planning, College of Charleston
LEED - Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
Office of Mobile Design, Venice California
Pattern Language, Berkeley, California
Project for Public Spaces, New York NY
Ranger Doug's Enterprises Haines, Alaska
RFD-TV, Nashville, Tennessee
Rural Action, Trimble, Ohio
Rural School and Community Trust, Arlington, Virginia
The Rural Studio, Auburn University, Hale County, Alabama
Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, Georgia
Small Town Design Initiative, Birmingham, Alabama
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, Washington DC
Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest, Bedford County, Virginia
University of Arkansas Community Design Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas
US Conference of Mayors, Washington DC
US Green Building Council, Washington DC

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