Publications
Community Development Benchmark Management System--Instruction Manual, Version 3 (pdf file, 98 K)
"Community Empowerment--A New Approach to Rural Development" An article by Norman Reid in the May 1999 issue of Rural Development Perspectives that reviews the history and progress of the rural Community Empowerment Initiative (pdf file, 393 K)
Community Empowerment--Your Guide to Participation (brochure) (pdf file, 54 K)
Federal Programs Guide (pdf file, 807 K)
A Guide to Strategic Planning for Rural Communities (pdf file, 49 K)
A Guide to Implementation and Benchmarking for Rural Communities (pdf file, 59 K)
IRS Publication 954:
Tax Incentives for Empowerment Zones and Other Distressed Communities, Revised February 1999 (pdf file, 147 K)
Progress Report of Round I Rural Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities (pdf file, K)
What Works! in the Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities, Volume II (pdf file, 4,767 K)
Guides in Spanish
Una guia para de implementacion y hitos para comunidades rural (pdf file, 58 K)
Una guia para planificacion de estrategias para comunidades rural (pdf file, 49 K)
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