Economic Development
| Publication | Category | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Experience of the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund in Mainstreaming of Acquisition Loans to Cooperative Manufactured Housing Communities, The This study aimed to provide evidence of the extent to which a financial product―land acquisition loans for manufactured home parks―performed well and was adopted by mainstream financial institutions. The study hypothesized that The New Hampshire Community Loan Fund’s… |
Evaluation, New Hampshire | Economic Development, Housing, New Hampshire |
| Measures and Methods: Four Tenets for Rural Economic Development in the New Economy Rural communities working to find strategies for success in today's economy need to rethink the tools they are using. Brown-Graham is the executive director of the Institute for Emerging Issues and a policy fellow at the Carsey Institute. William Lambe is the… |
Community, Environment, and Climate Change | Community, Community Development, Economic Development, Rural |
| The State of Coös County: Local Perspectives on Community and Change Coös County residents are largely optimistic about their future despite significant economic challenges, especially in the Berlin/Gorham area. As part of a three-pronged effort to understand the ongoing changes in New Hampshire's North Country and surrounding… |
New Hampshire | Community, Community Development, Coös Youth Study, Economic Development, New Hampshire, Public Opinion |
| The State of Working New Hampshire 2007 The author of this annual update on the state's workforce finds that wage growth in the state has not kept up with the rising cost of living in New Hampshire. This negative impact exists despite the state's low unemployment rates and high labor force… |
New Hampshire | Economic Development, Employment, New Hampshire, Wages |
| Rural America in the 21st Century: Perspectives from the Field (Report to the Rural Assembly) Rural America in the twenty-first century must develop new relationships and new ways of doing things to ensure an economically prosperous, socially just, and environmentally healthy future. Tapping into the resourcefulness and creativity of rural people will be… |
Demography, Vulnerable Families Research Program | Community, Demography, Economic Development, Environment, Rural |
| Biofueling Rural Development: Making the Case for Linking Biofuel Production to Rural Revitalization Biofuels play a crucial role in America's quest for oil independence. In recent years, the biofuel industry has seen significant technology and efficiency advances, as well as expansions in the materials that can be used to create biofuels. Grains and oilseeds… |
Community, Environment, and Climate Change | Economic Development, Environment, Infrastructure, Rural |
| New Immigrant Settlements in Rural America: Problems, Prospects, and Policies Regions of rural America are being reshaped by growing numbers of immigrants who are choosing small-town life over the bright lights of the big city. This study found that immigrant settlers may have a big impact on small, rural communities—sometimes straining… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Community, Economic Development, Immigration, Rural |
| Resident Ownership in New Hampshire's "Mobile Home Parks": A Report on Economic Outcomes (revised 2010) Since 1984, the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund has been helping residents of manufactured home communities purchase the land underneath their homes. Since then, homeowners have purchased 80 manufactured home communities and converted them into Resident Owned… |
Evaluation, New Hampshire | Economic Development, Housing, New Hampshire |
