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Vital Economy

To meet today's city economy  we all must take an active part in the betterment of our community as well as working with regionalized concepts.  One can only stand alone - many can make it happen.

Whether it be Zeigler, Franklin County or Southern Illinois, what is good for Zeigler is good for Franklin County as well as Southern Illinois.
-And what is good for Southern Illinois is good for Zeigler.

Visit the links below and read the White Papers - get the knowledge and put it to work.
-each and every small project adds up to one large success.

Get involved

Links

White Papers on Vital Economy

Link to Vital Economy

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Note:All of the links on this page open to a new site not affiliated with www.zeigleril.com

Public Policy:

Progress and Freedom Foundation
http://www.pff.org

The Benton Foundation
http://www.benton.org

The Digital Divide Network
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org

The Center for Digital Government
http://www.centerdigitalgov.com

The Southern Growth Policies Board
http://www.southern.org

Council on Competitiveness
http://www.compete.org

Pew Partnership for Civic Change - Viable Economies
http://www.pew-partnership.org/viableeconomies/ruralecon.html

Pew Internet and American Life Project
http://www.pewinternet.org

Rural Economic Development:

RUPRI - Rural Equity Capital Publications
http://www.rupri.org/pubs/equitycap/index.html

Rural Policy Research Institute Publications
http://www.rupri.org/pubs/index.html

Rural Telecommunications Congress
http://www.ruraltelecon.org

National Rural Economic Developers Association (NREDA)
http://www.nreda.org

Laboratory for Community & Economic Development (LCED)
http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~lced/main.html

USDA Rural Development Homepage
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov

Foundation for Rural Service
http://www.frs.org
http://www.frs.org/resources/links.html

Telecommunication and Utility Associations:

Organization for the Promotion and Support of Telephone Cooperatives
http://www.opastco.org

National Rural Telecommunications Coop
http://www.ntca.org

National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
http://www.nreca.org

Western Rural Telephone Association
http://www.wrta.org

Canadian Independent Telephone Association
http://www.cita.ca

United States Telecom Association
http://www.usta.org

Economic Development Research:

US Department of Commerce
http://www.doc.gov

Economic Development Administration
http://www.doc.gov/eda

International Economic Development Counci
http://www.iedconline.org

US Department of Housing and Urban Development
http://www.hud.gov

List of Global Economic Sources -  A Knowledge Portal for Small Business
http://www.enterweb.org

Industry Cluster Research:

US Department of Commerce: Economic Development Administration
Cluster-Based Economic Development
http://www.doc.gov/eda/html/2b2_3_clusterbased_ed.htm

University of Minnesota
Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
http://www.hhh.umn.edu/centers/slp/edweb/uyihom.htm

University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Department of City and Regional Planning
http://www.unc.edu/depts/dcrpweb/courses/261/leveen

Financial Resources:

US Small Business Administration
http://www.sba.gov

National Association of Development Orgs.- Rural Loan Funds
http://www.nado.org/edfs

National Venture Capital Association
http://www.nvca.org

Thomson Financial Venture Economics
http://www.ventureeconomics.com

Industry Canada
http://www.ic.gc.ca
http://www.connect.gc.ca/summus/

 

Governance in the Connected Economy
Director's Monthly-National Association of Corporate Directors
December 2000

Over the past several years, a number of leading business journals have reported on significant concerns about governance issues within "New Economy" companies.

Government's Role in Deploying Advanced Telecommunications Infrastructure
Catalyst vs. Owner Operator
1999

The debate over the appropriate role for state and provincial governments in the development of an advanced telecommunications and information technology infrastructure for enabling their communities to effectively compete in the global information economy.

Understanding the New Age of Information
Economic & Technology Development Journal of Canada
1997

Communities developing an economic strategy must be aware of the transforming changes being brought about by the new digital information economy.

Consultant: Communities must get line on future
York Daily Record
October 1996

The cost of a modern information network, Frank Knott says, must be borne by everyone who benefits.

Integrated Community Networks
Originally Prepared for
The President's Transition Team
Roundtable Policy Meetings
December, 1992
Little Rock, Arkansas

Integrated Community Networks (TM) are to the information based economy of the 21st Century, what railroads and canals, road systems and air routes were to the industrial economies of the 19th and 20th centuries.

A special thanks to Mr. Frank Knots of Vital Economy, Inc.

Copyright © 2002, ViTAL Economy, Inc. - All Rights Reserved.

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