Progress 08/15/09 to 08/14/12
Outputs
OUTPUTS: This was the first year of funding for the Center after it moved from Iowa State University to Michigan State University. After a national search, the new Director was appointed. A region-wide needs assessment was conducted via visits to each of the twelve states in the region. The following broad themes for the center's future work were identified. 1. Technology assessment and adoption. 2. Sustainable communities. 3. Leadership development. 4. Entrepreneurial communities. A small grants program was launched to help form and support multi-state teams working on the aforementioned themes. Proposals to the small grants program underwent peer review and the following grants were selected for funding. 1. Improving practice and collaboration to aid distressed communities. 2. Food system approaches in rural communities. 3. Rural alliance for service learning. 4. Immigration reform: implications for farmers, farm workers, and communities. 5. Relocalizing our food shed: new models and methodologies for planning our food future. 6. Community retail development toolbox project. 7. Building Extension's capacities for a sustainable communities program. 7. Innovations and success in community and economic development Extension programming: mapping future success strategies. The small grants jointly involved representatives from each of the twelve states. The center engaged two North Central faculty as visiting fellows. The Center also provided coordination for joint planning of Extension programming by convening regular discussions with state Extension leaders. PARTICIPANTS: Proulx-Curry, P. (U. Wisconsin-Madison), Stoecker, R. (U. Wisconsin-Madison), Goreham, G. (NDSU), Nagy, D. (SDSU), Mark C. (Michigan State U.), Wood, S. (Kansas State U.), Martinez, R. (Michigan State U.). Co-PI: Flora, C. (Iowa State), Adamek, M. (U. Minnesota). Co-PIs: Cadieux, V. (U. Minnesota), Gold, A. (NDSU), Kurzer, M. (U. Minnesota), Kutka, F. (NDSU), Pesch, R. (U. Minnesota), Porter, P. (U. Minnesota), Robertson, C. (U. Minnesota), Stark, S. (U. Minnesota-Duluth), Davis, G. (Ohio State U.). Co-PIs: Clark, J. (Ohio State U.), Irwin, E. (Ohio State U.), Pesch, R. (U. Minnesota), Ryan, B. (U. Wisconsin-Madison), Schwartau, B. (U. Minnesota), Haines, A. (U. Wisconsin-Stevens Point). Co-PI: Beyea, W. (Michigan State U.), Ivan, D. (Michigan State U.). Co-PIs: Emery, M. (Iowa State), Walzer, N. (Northern Illinois), Tim Hodge, (Michigan State U.), Steve Miller, (Michigan State U.), Ann Nieuwenhuis, Jerry Thomas, (Ohio State U.), Thomas Coon, Michigan State U., John Baker, Michigan State U., Susan Fritz, University of Nebraska, Kenneth Martin, Ohio State University, Mary Simon Leuci, University of Missouri Brian Kowalkowski, College of Menominee Nation, Sally Maggard, USDA/National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Mary Ahearn, USDA/Economic Research Service, Randall Eberts, W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, Richard Todd, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Chuck Hassebrook, Center for Rural Affairs, Sheldon Jones, Farm Foundation TARGET AUDIENCES: The primary target audience for the work is personnel of the land grant universities in the region. Secondary audience is leaders of communities in the region. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
Visiting fellow Jerold Thomas (the Ohio State University) coordinated webinars on the topics of The Future of Work and its Impact on Extension Systems (December 2010) by K. Gamble, Competencies for Extension Professionals in the 21st Century (November 2010) by G. Cochran, A. Harder and S. Scheer, Where to from here Future trends impacting Cooperative Extension (January 2011) J. Thomas, and Brain Research & Change Strategies (February 2011) J. Thomas. In addition, the Center Director coordinated and emceed the following webinars: Mapping the Impact of Youth on Community Development: What Are We Learning (December 2010) by M. Calvert, M. Emery, R. Enfield, B. Baker, and B. Williams, Targeting Regional Economic Development (November 2010) S. Deller, S. Goetz, and T. Harris, Banking Issues Among Entrepreneurs from Underserved Populations (November 2010) T. Borich and R. Martinez, Investing in Entrepreneurs (October 2010), G. Lichtenstein and T. Lyons, Green Policies, Climate Change, and New Jobs: Separating Fact from Fiction (October 2010) M. Partridge. Several of the small grants resulted in larger projects funded from other sources. The coordination activity with Extension state leaders helped them develop and collect common outcome indicators. The group documented 3,415 jobs created and 1,872 jobs saved.
Publications
- One small grant was directed a producing a special issue of the journal Community Development. The result was the following articles. 2012.
- Overview of innovative community change programs. Norman Walzer, Sam M. Cordes. 2012. Community Development. Vol. 43, Iss. 1.
- InCommons: supporting community-based leadership. Jodi R. Sandfort, Laura Bloomberg. 2012. Community Development. Vol. 43, Iss. 1.
- Community leadership development education: promoting civic engagement through human and social capital. Godwin T. Apaliyah, Kenneth E. Martin, Stephen P. Gasteyer, Kari Keating, Kenneth Pigg. 2012. Community Development. Vol. 43, Iss. 1.
- Evaluating an asset-based effort to attract and retain young people. William Andresen. 2012. Community Development. Vol. 43, Iss. 1.
- Engaging youth in community change: three key implementation principles. David Campbell, Nancy Erbstein. 2012. Community Development. Vol. 43, Iss. 1.
- Engaging the underserved in community leadership development: Step Up to Leadership graduates in northwest Missouri tell their stories. Wilson Majee, Scott Long, Deena Smith. 2012. Community Development Vol. 43, Iss. 1.
- Can leadership development act as a rural poverty alleviation strategy Ryan Allen, Paul R. Lachapelle. 2012. Community Development. Vol. 43, Iss. 1.
- Lessons from the field: mapping Saskatchewan's Pipeline of Entrepreneurs and Enterprises in order to build a provincial operating system for entrepreneurship. Gregg Lichtenstein, Thomas S. Lyons Community Development. 2012. Vol. 43, Iss. 1.
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Progress 08/15/10 to 08/14/11
Outputs
OUTPUTS: Improving Practice and Collaboration to Aid Distressed Communities. This work group obtained 56 proposals and selected 12 for further development for a special issue of the journal, Community Development to be published in spring of 2012. The group also convened a special session of the Community Development society, and delivered a national webinar through the NCRCRD. (Archived on the NCRCRD.org web site.) Studying Food System Approaches in Three Types of Rural Communities. This work group developed a successful National Research Initiative proposal based on preliminary work accomplished through the seed grant. Immigration Reform: Implications for Farmers, Farm Workers, and Communities. The work group convened a policy conference in Washington DC. A summary of the group's finding was presented as an NCRCRD webinar. Re-Localizing Our Foodshed: New Models and Methodologies for Planning Our Food Future. The group convened a conference in Minnesota to compare methodologies. A webinar about the group's work has been scheduled. Community Retail Development Toolbox. The group is preparing a "best practices" summary. A webinar has been scheduled. Building Extension's Capacity for a Sustainable Communities Program. A webinar-based staff traiing series was developed and delivered. The program was well-received and has now been integrated into Extension's national Foundations of Practice series as a level three training. Innovations and Success in Community and Economic Development Extension Programming. A webinar has been scheduled. PARTICIPANTS: Cordes, S. (Purdue U.), Emery, M. (Iowa State), Hendrickson, M. (U. Missouri), Cantrell, R. (U. Nebraska), Proulx-Curry, P. (U. Wisconsin-Madison), Stoecker, R. (U. Wisconsin-Madison), Goreham, G. (NDSU), Nagy, D. (SDSU), Mark, C. (Michigan State), Wood, S. (Kansas State), Martinez, R. (Michigan State U.), Flora, C. (Iowa State U.), Draeger, K. (U. Minnesota), Adamek, M. (formerly U. Minnesota), Cadieux, V. (U. Minnesota), Gold, A. (NDSU), Kurzer, M. (U. Minnesota), Kutka, F. (NDSU), Pesch, R. (U. Minnesota), Porter, P. (U. Minnesota), Robertson, C. (U. Minnesota), Stark, S. (U. Minnesota-Duluth), Davis, G. (The Ohio State University), Clark, J. (The Ohio State University), Irwin E. (The Ohio State University), Pesch, R. (U. Minnesota), Ryan, B. (U. Wisconsin-Madison), Schwartau, B. (U. Minnesota), Haines, A. (U. Wisconsin-Stevens Point), Beyea, W. (Michigan State U.), Ivan, D. (Michigan State U.), Emery, M. (Iowa State U.) TARGET AUDIENCES: Increased capacity of research staff to obtain funds and execute projects. Increased capacity of extension staff to identify problems and address them through educational programs. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Not relevant to this project.
Impacts
The NCRCRD's webinar series has been well-received. The NCRCRD initiated webinar evaluations in 2011 and overall participant satisfaction has been high. Participants also report intent to follow up with the presenters, which is an outcome important to our function of assisting in the formation of cross-state linkages. In addition, as noted above, the work leveraged additional support in the form of a special journal issue to appear soon, and the nationally competitive grant.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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Progress 08/15/09 to 08/14/10
Outputs
OUTPUTS: This report concerns use of first year funds allocated to the North Central Regional Center for Rural Development (henceforth NCRCRD or the Center) after its transition to Michigan State University. The Center issued a region-wide call for small grant and virtual fellow proposals. Small grant proposals were selected after anonymous external peer review in consultation with the NCRCRD's board of directors. The following multi-state teams received small grant awards: 1.Cordes, Sam (Purdue University). Improving practice and collaboration to aid distressed rural communities. Co-PI is M. Emery, Iowa State University. 2.Hendrickson, Mary (University of Missouri). Studying Food System Approaches in Three Types of Rural Communities. Co-PI is R. Cantrell, R. (U. Nebraska) 3.Proulx-Curry, Pamela (U. Wisconsin-Madison). Rural Alliance for Service-Learning. Co-PIs: Stoecker, R. (U. Wisconsin-Madison), Goreham, G. (NDSU), Nagy, D. (SDSU), Mark, C. (Michigan State U.), Wood, S. (Kansas State). 4.Martinez, Ruben (Michigan State). Immigration Reform: Implications for Farmers, Farm Workers and Communities. Co-PI is C. Flora (Iowa State U.) 5.Adamek, Margaret (U. Minnesota). Re-Localizing Our Foodshed: New Models and Methodologies for Planning Our Food Future. Co-PIs: Cadieux, V. (U. Minnesota), Gold, A. (NDSU), Kurzer, M. (U. Minnesota), Kutka, F. (NDSU), Pesch, R. (U. Minnesota), Porter, P. (U. Minnesota), Robertson, C. (U. Minnesota), Stark, S. (U. Minnesota-Duluth). 6.Davis, Greg (The Ohio State University). Community Retail Development Toolbox Project. Co-PIs: Clark, J. (The Ohio State University), Irwin E. (The Ohio State University), Pesch, R. (U. Minnesota), Ryan, B. (U. Wisconsin-Madison), Schwartau, B. (U. Minnesota). 7.Haines, Anna. (U. Wisconsin-Stevens Point). Building Extension's Capacity for a Sustainable Communities Program. Co-PI: Beyea, W. (Michigan State U.) 8.Ivan, David (Michigan State). Innovations and Success in Community & Economic Development Extension Programming: Mapping Future Success Strategies. Co-PI: Emery, M. (Iowa State U.) PARTICIPANTS: See information about small grants. See also Center's web site for more complete descriptions of the projects. http://ncrcrd.org/Grants/FY0910Awards.aspx TARGET AUDIENCES: Project target audience is researchers and other staff of land grant institutions. The goal of the project is to increase the capacity of land grants to execute their rural development mission. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
The Hendrickson project lead to development of a larger proposal to USDA/NIFA that successfully competed for funding under the Small and Medium - Sized Farms and Rural Development competition. The Haines proposal lead to development of a curriculum that has been adopted into the national Foundations of Practice curriculum for training land grant personnel. The Cordes proposal generated a special issue of the Community Development: Journal of the Community Development Society (in process).
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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