Rural Development: Tools and Resources

Rural Community Development

• Alberta Culture and Community Spirit- Community Services - Provides a range of services and support for building and enhancing the capacity of communities, organizations and their leaders to, achieve their goals.

• Center for Community and Economic Development - UWEX - The Centre works to create, apply and transfer multi-disciplinary knowledge to help people understand community change and identify opportunities.

• CIEL - Centre for Innovative and Entrepreneurial Leadership - CIEL is a Canadian centre of excellence in community, entrepreneurial and economic leadership. It provides tools, training and solutions that help communities and organizations realize their potential.

• Community Toolbox - Bringing Solutions to Light - The Community Tool Box is the world's largest resource for free information on essential skills for building healthy communities.

• Proposal Writing Resources - A series of guides, articles and other tools to assist community non-profits when writing funding proposals. Information is provided by the Government of Canada Rural Secretariat.

• Home Town Competitiveness - Based in Nebraska, HTC is a comprehensive approach to long-term rural community sustainability.

• Alberta First - Alberta First is a provincial, municipal and industry partnership created to provide valuable information to businesses and individuals interested in starting a business or locating to Alberta.

• Alberta Regional Development - A Government of Alberta site focused on economic development across the province.

• The Business Link - The Business Link is your first stop for business information and services in Alberta.