Progress 09/01/10 to 08/31/11
Outputs
OUTPUTS: The WER1005 Multi State Research & Development Committee met in Las Vegas, NV in April 2010. Regional Economic Development Strategies "Stronger Economies Together: Strategies for Building New Economic Opportunities" (SET) E-Commerce Training Western Style and National E-Commerce Extension Initiative Regional Emergency Disaster Preparedness Plans Consortium for Renewable Energy in the West (CREW) PARTICIPANTS: Set Phase I in conjuction with RRDC Bo Beaulieu Jim Goodwin, UT, Michael Patrick, NM, Mark Apel, AZ Eric Glenn, AZ, Ani Rupasingha, NM WERA 1005 Don Albrecht, UT, Buddy Borden, NV, Linda Cox, HI, Ruby Ward, UT, Michael Patrick, NM, Tom Harris, NV, Mimi Kobayashi, NV, Roger Coupal, WY, Loretta Singletary, NV, Malieka Landis, NV CREW Meeting Don Albrecht, UT, Buddy Borden, NV, Ed Martin, AZ, Irene Shonie, CO, Joe Hunker, OR, Lyla Houghlum, OR, Mike Harrington, CO, Mike Kahn, WA, Richard Sefiert, AK, Richard Beard, UT, Roger Coupal, WY, Sarah Hamlen, MT, Tom Karsky, ID, Tom Harris, NV, Valerie Barber, AK FEMA in conjunction with RRDC Bo Beaulieu Don Albrecht, Virginia Morgan, Shelly Murdock, Betsy Newman, David Salvesen, Deborah Tootle, Rachel Welborn, Mark Brennan, Brian Calhoun, John Cooper, Lori Garkkovich, John Green, Becky Koch, Beau Mitchell, Brian Whitacre. CDES Paul Lachappelle, Bob Gorman, Buddy Borden, David Campbell, Linda Cox, Lori Higgins, Harriet Shaklee, Don Albrecht, Marion Bentley, Michael Patrick, Doreen Hauser lindstrom TARGET AUDIENCES: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
The WER1005 group developed a proposal to seek AFRI funding. The proposal seeks to understand the extent of the mismatch between the education, training, and skill levels of the rural workforce and the education, training and skill levels needed for high-quality employment in the global world. This understanding will allow us to develop more appropriate workforce training programs and help communities understand the types of education and training they need to provide their youth. The WER1005 group is closely aligned with the CBM (Community Business Matching Model) group. The CBM group has provided training for communities in Nevada, California and Montana during the past year. Work continues to improve the data set that is used in the matching process. The WRDC is assisting them with the creation of a facilitator and participant guide. On May 9-10 the WRDC will sponsor a joint meeting of the WERA (Washington Education Researcher Association) and Community Based Business Matching Model CBM groups in Las Vegas, Nevada. The USDA-RD selected Arizona and New Mexico as the western states eligible to participate in the 23-site pilot testing of this curriculum. Jim Goodwin served as a member of the eight-person national curriculum team to develop and pilot test SET. The communities in New Mexico and Arizona are successfully making their way through the curriculum. The SET program has been so well received that USDA-RD is providing additional funds to provide 42 more regional training programs. For Phase Two, Rural Development has chosen Utah, Colorado, and Washington to receive the training. The WRDC, in collaboration with the RD directors and Extension leaders in each of these states, will coordinate the delivery of the training modules and serve as a mentor to each training team. E-Commerce Training Western Style and National E-Commerce Extension Initiative The Regional Rural Development Centers, in cooperation with Extension and other partners, will develop a training curriculum for communities based on the SET model. This curriculum will then be used to provide training to Extension educators so communities will be in a position to meet the needs of their disadvantaged populations during a disaster or emergency. The initial meeting of this curriculum development team was held in Charleston, South Carolina on March 10-11, 2011. On June 1-2, 2011, the CREW committee will meet in Seattle, Washington, utilizing funding provided by the Farm Foundation. This meeting will bring together three groups to work on renewable energy programs in the West. The three groups are: Wind Energy Energy Efficiency Conservation including weatherization Socio-economic factors and workforce development The Wind Energy group has already formed a regional development committee (WCD022: Wind Energy - Opportunities and Challenges in the Rural West). During the Seattle meeting, the goals will be to advance the work of the Wind Energy group and to get the other two groups organized and ready to develop proposals.
Publications
- Working for Rural Prosperity Video Series Over 1,200 channel views (youtube.com) well received. RC Monthly (electronic newsletter)Launched in October 2010 reaching out to our stakeholders on a regular basis. Rural Connections May 2010 issue Water in the Western U.S. Sept. 2010 issue Healthy Communities May 2011 issue Community Adaptations to Climate Change in the West. WRDC Brochure Quadfold brochure providing basic information about the Center. CDES Report and Poster State of Extensions Community Development Efforts in the Western U.S. Compiled with input from western states Extension specialists faculty. Delivered a poster session on the CDES Report at NACDEP in March 2010 (Marion Bentley, Utah State University Extension coordinated this session on behalf of the WRDC). Annual Report Released in November 2010 highlighting the previous fiscal year activities Social Media Relationship Building (Twitter and Facebook) Reaching a new audience. Blog Blogging for Rural Prosperity Ed Meyer (UT), Linda Kruger (AK), Pete Barcinas (GU), and Stephanie Malin (UT)
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Progress 09/01/09 to 08/31/11
Outputs
OUTPUTS: This report was inadvertently sent as an annual report when it should have been the final report The WER1005 Multi State Research & Development Committee met in Las Vegas, NV in April 2010. Regional Economic Development Strategies "Stronger Economies Together: Strategies for Building New Economic Opportunities" (SET) E-Commerce Training Western Style and National E-Commerce Extension Initiative Regional Emergency Disaster Preparedness Plans Consortium for Renewable Energy in the West (CREW) PARTICIPANTS: Set Phase I in conjuction with RRDC Bo Beaulieu Jim Goodwin, UT, Michael Patrick, NM, Mark Apel, AZ Eric Glenn, AZ, Ani Rupasingha, NM WERA 1005 Don Albrecht, UT, Buddy Borden, NV, Linda Cox, HI, Ruby Ward, UT, Michael Patrick, NM, Tom Harris, NV, Mimi Kobayashi, NV, Roger Coupal, WY, Loretta Singletary, NV, Malieka Landis, NV CREW Meeting Don Albrecht, UT, Buddy Borden, NV, Ed Martin, AZ, Irene Shonie, CO, Joe Hunker, OR, Lyla Houghlum, OR, Mike Harrington, CO, Mike Kahn, WA, Richard Sefiert, AK, Richard Beard, UT, Roger Coupal, WY, Sarah Hamlen, MT, Tom Karsky, ID, Tom Harris, NV, Valerie Barber, AK FEMA in conjunction with RRDC Bo Beaulieu Don Albrecht, Virginia Morgan, Shelly Murdock, Betsy Newman, David Salvesen, Deborah Tootle, Rachel Welborn, Mark Brennan, Brian Calhoun, John Cooper, Lori Garkkovich, John Green, Becky Koch, Beau Mitchell, Brian Whitacre. CDES Paul Lachappelle, Bob Gorman, Buddy Borden, David Campbell, Linda Cox, Lori Higgins, Harriet Shaklee, Don Albrecht, Marion Bentley, Michael Patrick, Doreen Hauser lindstrom TARGET AUDIENCES: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period. PARTICIPANTS: Set Phase 1 in conjunction with RRDC Bo Beaulieu, Jim Goodwin, UT, Michael Patrick, NM, Mark Apel, AZ, Eric Glenn, AZ, Ani Rupasingha, MN. WERA 1005 Don Albrecht, UT, Buddy Borden, NV, Linda Cox, HI, Ruby Ward, UT, Michael Patrick, NM, Tom Harris, NV, Mimi Kobayashi, NV, Roger Coupal, WY, Loretta Singletary, NV, Malieka Landis, NV. CREW Meeting Don Albrecht, UT, Buddy Borden, NV, Ed Martin, AZ, Irene Shonie, CO, Joe Hunker, OR, Lyla Houghlum, OR, Mike Harrington, CO, Mike Kahn, WA, Richard Defiert, AK, Richard Beard, UT, Roger Coupal, WY, Sarah Hamlen, MT, Tom Karsky, ID, Tom Harris, NV, Valerie Barber, AK. FEMA In Salvesen Deborah Tootle, Rachel Welborn, Mark Brennanm, Brian Calhoun, John Cooper, Lori Garkkovich, John Green, Becky Koch, Beau Mitchell, Brian Whitacre. CDES Paul Lachappelle, Bob Gorman, Buddy Borden, David Campbell, Linda Cox, Lori HIggins, Harriet Shaklee, Don Albrecht, Marion Bentley, Michael Patrick, Doreen Hauser Lindstrom TARGET AUDIENCES: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
The WER1005 group developed a proposal to seek AFRI funding. The proposal seeks to understand the extent of the mismatch between the education, training, and skill levels of the rural workforce and the education, training and skill levels needed for high-quality employment in the global world. This understanding will allow us to develop more appropriate workforce training programs and help communities understand the types of education and training they need to provide their youth. The WER1005 group is closely aligned with the CBM (Community Business Matching Model) group. The CBM group has provided training for communities in Nevada, California and Montana during the past year. Work continues to improve the data set that is used in the matching process. The WRDC is assisting them with the creation of a facilitator and participant guide. On May 9-10 the WRDC will sponsor a joint meeting of the WERA (Washington Education Researcher Association) and Community Based Business Matching Model CBM groups in Las Vegas, Nevada. The USDA-RD selected Arizona and New Mexico as the western states eligible to participate in the 23-site pilot testing of this curriculum. Jim Goodwin served as a member of the eight-person national curriculum team to develop and pilot test SET. The communities in New Mexico and Arizona are successfully making their way through the curriculum. The SET program has been so well received that USDA-RD is providing additional funds to provide 42 more regional training programs. For Phase Two, Rural Development has chosen Utah, Colorado, and Washington to receive the training. The WRDC, in collaboration with the RD directors and Extension leaders in each of these states, will coordinate the delivery of the training modules and serve as a mentor to each training team. E-Commerce Training Western Style and National E-Commerce Extension Initiative The Regional Rural Development Centers, in cooperation with Extension and other partners, will develop a training curriculum for communities based on the SET model. This curriculum will then be used to provide training to Extension educators so communities will be in a position to meet the needs of their disadvantaged populations during a disaster or emergency. The initial meeting of this curriculum development team was held in Charleston, South Carolina on March 10-11, 2011. On June 1-2, 2011, the CREW committee will meet in Seattle, Washington, utilizing funding provided by the Farm Foundation. This meeting will bring together three groups to work on renewable energy programs in the West. The three groups are: Wind Energy Energy Efficiency Conservation including weatherization Socio-economic factors and workforce development The Wind Energy group has already formed a regional development committee (WCD022: Wind Energy - Opportunities and Challenges in the Rural West). During the Seattle meeting, the goals will be to advance the work of the Wind Energy group and to get the other two groups organized and ready to develop proposals.
Publications
- Working for Rural Prosperity Video Series Over 1,200 channel views (youtube.com) well received. 2011
- RC Monthly (electronic newsletter)Launched in October 2010 reaching out to our stakeholders on a regular basis.
- Rural Connections May 2010 issue Water in the Western U.S. Sept. 2010 issue
- Healthy Communities May 2011 issue Community Adaptations to Climate Change in the West.
- WRDC Brochure Quadfold brochure providing basic information about the Center. 2011
- CDES Report and Poster State of Extensions Community Development Efforts in the Western U.S. Compiled with input from western states Extension specialists faculty. Delivered a poster session on the CDES Report at NACDEP in March 2010 (Marion Bentley, Utah State University Extension coordinated this session on behalf of the WRDC).
- Annual Report Released in November 2010 highlighting the previous fiscal year activities
- Social Media Relationship Building (Twitter and Facebook) Reaching a new audience. Blog Blogging for Rural Prosperity Ed Meyer (UT), Linda Kru 2010-2011
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Progress 09/01/09 to 08/31/10
Outputs
OUTPUTS: WRDC conducted 14 round tables partially funded by the WRDC to find out what the regions top priorities are to develop a five year plan of work. The Rural West in a Global World: A Plan for Action A Five-Year Strategic Plan for the Western Rural Development Center. Two Degrees Northwest (2DNW), partially funded by the WRDC. National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals (NACDEP) partially funded by WRDC. The WRDC's Jim Goodwin served as conference co-chair for the 04/20/2009 conference held in San Diego, California. Additionally, the center dedicated the content of its April issue of Rural Connections to the conference and produced A National Collection of Extension Programs Presented at NACDEP. Multistate Coordinating Committee. States involved on the committee have included Alaska, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. The committee met in Reno, Nevada in 08/01/2008 and 01/01/2009. PARTICIPANTS: CBM Project Team Thomas R. Harris University of Nevada-Reno Barbara Andreozzi Montana State University Buddy Borden University of Nevada-Reno Linda Cox University of Hawaii Mimako Kobayashi University of Nevada-Reno 2DNW Team Principal Investigators Lorie Higgins University of Idaho D. Phil Watson University of Idaho Collaborators Mark Beauchamp Economic Modeling Specialists, Inc. Elizabeth Carney University of Idaho Extension Department of Community and Rural Sociology Washington State University Multistate Coordinating Committee Members Don E. Albrecht Western Rural Development Center Buddy Borden University of Nevada-Reno Linda Cox University of Hawaii Allison Davis University of Kentucky Mariah Evans University of Nevada-Reno Hans Geier University of Alaska, Fairbanks Thomas Harris University of Nevada-Reno TARGET AUDIENCES: All communities across western states see information in other categories. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
Roundtables were conducted with theses findings implemented in the WRDCs five year plan of work. The Wests rural communities are in need of practical ready to use tools, research based information to improve human capacity through education, leadership, and workforce development. Economic development through entrepreneurial development. Fund infrastructure development, especially telecommunications, implement resource conservation and opportunities for development including renewable energy. The summaries from each round table are available at the WRDC website at wrdc.usu.edu. Partially funded by the WRDC, the Community Business Matching (CBM) Model provides the guidance of Extension Specialists to prioritize their business recruitment, retention goals, identify the assets within their community to help them achieve goals. Utilizing the CBM database, a communities goals and assets are compared to business profiles to determine compatibility and development decisions. To date the CBM program has been applied in Montana, Nevada, Arizona, and California. In the state of Montana, it has been applied in two communities. At NACDEP more than ninety presenters and conference attendees converged on San Diego for an invigorating three days of discussion, information sharing and capacity building. To learn more about NACDEP and to read the presentations, visit the website: nacdep.net Demographic and economic changes in the rural west give rise to community development challenges. To assist the region in adapting to these changes, this Multistate Coordinating Committee, known as WERA 1005, was formed to provide a platform for focused community development discussions leading to strengthened rural economies. Through the years, the Committee has linked researchers and outreach personnel in several states to conduct research, convene multistate collaborations, and to develop and disseminate extension curricula. The Association goes further to define the work of WERA committees as follows, Fully integrated research, education and extension program coordination with clearly defined, impact-oriented objectives, where results are effectively embodied in educational efforts to assist those in need.
Publications
- Annual Report 2009, Population Briefs a series of 18 publications are available for viewing and download on the WRDCs website 2009. Excerpt from Population Brief The Changing West. By Don E. Albrecht 2009, Published by the WRDC. Rural Connections Western Researchers Explore Possibilities for Renewable Energy, Creating Sustainable Communities in a Changing America RC Brief The Role of Extension in Land Use Planning and Sustainable Development in the West, Colorado State Universitys Unique Approach to Clean Energy and Technology Transfer.Murdock, Steve H. and Don E. Albrecht. 2009. The Socioeconomic and Service Implications of Population Change and Diversity in the United States. Rural Realities (Forthcoming). REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES Albrecht, Don E. and Scott G. Albrecht, 2009. Economic Restructuring, the Educational Income Gap and Overall Income Inequality. Sociological Spectrum (Forthcoming). Albrecht, Don E. and Carol Mulford Albrecht. 2009. Inequality in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties: Factors Related to Variation and Change. Community Development Journal (Forthcoming).
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