Community development : publication
John Ballard was a lifelong resident of Missouri who earned a master’s degree in community development from MU in 1971 and then worked for MU Extension as a local government specialist for 21 years. These publications are based on his work
Learn about educator Eliot Battle and the pivotal role he played in desegregating schools, housing, and the Columbia, Missouri, community in this 55-minute documentary. Curriculum viewing guides are available.
Learn broadband terminology and issues related to access — availability and adoption. Access to high-speed internet encourages equitable opportunities.
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Proceedings of the 2004 annual conference
Including selected papers from 2003
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Proceedings of the 2012 annual conference
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Proceedings of the 2015 annual conference
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Proceedings of the 2010 annual conference
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Proceedings of the 2011 annual conference
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Proceedings of the 2013 annual conference
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MU Extension Horticulture Field Specialist
Karen Kerkhoff
Area Horticulture Specialist
David D. Minner
State Turfgrass Specialist, Department of Horticulture
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Emergency Management Specialist
Fire and Rescue Training Institute
If your well has been flooded, the well and entire water system should be cleaned and disinfected. Floods can contaminate wells with silt, raw sewage, oil and disease organisms.
Get your point across clearly in writing with these 10 principles of clear writing. Also, learn how to test the clearness of your writing and keep it simple.
A community garden means many things to many people. Community gardens also take many shapes and forms. Regardless of why people choose to take part in a community garden or how a garden is organized, the activity of gardening with others can be both rewarding and challenging.
Robert A. Pierce
Extension Fish and Wildlife Specialist
Flooding displaces many rodents from their natural habitat. As a result, these animals are seeking areas that can provide food and shelter, such as homes, sheds, barns and other buildings.
Snakes often become displaced after a storm or flooding event. As a result, many of these animals are seeking shelter and food in areas close to people. Read more to find out what to do when you encounter one.
Reviewed by Sarah Hultine Massengale
Community Economic Development
Johanna Reed Adams, Charles M. St. Clair and William E. Robertson
Department of Community Development
Reviewed by Katherine ForanExtension Communications and MarketingDick LeeExtension and Agricultural Information
Rural areas facing population decline can use low-cost actions to encourage people who had previously moved away for educational or job opportunities to move back to be closer to family and friends or to raise their children in a rural area.
Follow these guidelines for facilitating an improved business engagement while fostering leadership and problem solving to find meaningful engagement in rural small businesses. Business examples and seven key guidelines are presented here.
Learn how promoting entrepreneurship may promote economic growth and increase a community’s quality of life. Increasing access to outside markets through online sales can increase local business’ customer bases as well.
Follow these guidelines for facilitating an improved business engagement while fostering leadership and problem solving to find meaningful engagement in rural small businesses. Business examples and seven key guidelines are presented here.
Communities throughout the Missouri face challenges related to sustaining a health care workforce and providing health care. This publication highlights rural-urban differences in Missouri’s health outcomes, workforce and availability of care.
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Use this workbook to analyze fiscal trends in Missouri counties as well as carry out studies on budget, fiscal trends, and performance to identify needed actions. Compare past performance to set standards to gauge them alongside each other as well.
Learn how to analyze fiscal trends in Missouri counties as well as carry out studies on budget, fiscal trends, and performance to identify needed actions. Compare past performance to set standards to gauge them alongside each other as well.
Discover the contributing factors to fiscal stress among Missouri’s counties including change in population, changing revenues and varying sales and property taxes. Total taxes, fees, revenues and corresponding fiscal stress levels are presented.
Jay Simon and Curtis Braschler
Department of Agricultural Economics
John A. Kuehn
U.S. Department of Agriculture
John Croll
Department of Community Development
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Most Missouri cities are fourth-class cities, but they often interpret statutes and rules differently. Learn what cities must do, what they may do, and what they can do. Consider this manual to contain the basic rules for fourth-class cities in Missouri.
Township organization is an option open to third- and fourth class-counties in Missouri. This manual is intended as a resource for people who make township government work.
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This toolkit contains Missouri-specific information. See publication No. DM274 for the non-Missouri version.
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This toolkit is for use in states other than Missouri. See publication No. DM201 for Missouri use.
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This Program Evaluation Toolkit describes various evaluation tools appropriate for gauging the success of a healthy small food retailer program. It addition, it provides four forms that can help you discover the effect of your efforts.
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This toolkit contains Missouri-specific information. See publication No. DM275 for the non-Missouri version.
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This toolkit is for use in states other than Missouri. See publication No. DM202 for Missouri use.
James B. Cook and John A. Croll
Department of Community Development
Lelland L. Gallup
Department of Environmental Design
Gerald Gabriel
Department of Community Development
Resource people can and should play a vital role in changing communities. City governments, community institutions, organizations and groups are often confronted with issues that make special knowledge and assistance a must in forming intelligent…
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