| Action for Market Towns: UK national organization dedicated to promoting the vitality and viability of small towns. |
| BP Darcy Development Limited: British Petroleum subsidiary working to redevelop the former Llandarcy Oil refinery in Neath, South Wales, through loans and partnerships. |
| Center for Community Economic Development: Department of University of Wisconsin Extension creates, applies and transfers multidisciplinary knowledge to help people understand community change and identify opportunities. |
| Centre for Community Enterprise: Builds capacity in Canadian community based organizations by providing technical expertise and resources. Offers details about training, technical assistance, and research. |
| CEOs for Cities: A bipartisan, nonprofit alliance of U.S. mayors, corporate executives, university presidents and nonprofit leaders, that works with local and national policy-makers to advance the economic competitiveness of cities. |
| Change Communications: Providing internet solutions for housing and community development organizations. Also includes useful links page. |
| Cities Alliance: Global association of cities and development partners works to eliminate slums through the development of new tools, practical approaches, and knowledge sharing. |
| Collaborative Economics: Helps public and private leadership groups develop and implement collaborative strategies for creating high-performing economic communities. |
| Community Development Finance Institution Fund: A program of the United States Treasury Department. Includes funding opportunities, technical assistance, awards, and links. |
| Community Development Society International: Association for community development practitioners and citizen leaders around the world. |
| Community Empowerment Network: Initiative supports capacity building and the development of networks to share community knowledge and experiences. [in Russian and English] |
| Community Planning: A starting point for citizens interested in community involvement. Includes general principles, methods, scenarios, publications, and a glossary. |
| Community Reinvestment Fund: Nonprofit organization that provides access to funds for community development lenders. |
| Community Revitalization: Extensive collection of writings on downtowns and urban redevelopment. |
| Community Technology Advisors Corp.: Leads community-wide economic development efforts by bringing community leaders together to discuss public policy, technology, and finding collaborative projects to encourage financial growth. |
| Economic Development Institute: University of Oklahoma program providing professional economic developers with training, knowledge, and tools. |
| Economic Development Solutions, Inc.: Dedicated to improving community and economic development programs by adapting and incorporating best practices into the initiative's operations. |
| Economic Opportunity Studies: A non-profit corporation that offers training in support of organizations and projects that provide low-income families and communities with resources they need to become more self-sufficient. |
| Five Vital Lessons: Successful Partnerships with Business: Guide to effective involvement of business in partnerships for local economic development and skills. |
| Haringey Community Empowerment Network: Part of a government initiative to bring about long lasting regeneration in the UK's most deprived neighborhoods. |
| International Downtown Association: Promotes vital and livable urban centers by providing support to business improvement districts and communities. Includes case studies and various resources for planners, developers, and business owners. |
| International Urban Development Association: Encourages the exchange of information, experience, and best practices on urban development and renewal across the world. Provides an annual conference, publications, newsletters, and networking opportunities. |
| KEI Expert Centre Urban Renewal: Information about urban renewal in the Netherlands, including policy, processes, organizations, and projects. [in Dutch and English] |
| Kumarappa Institute of Gram Swaraj: Promotes rural community development by supporting village projects and people's institutions. Group supports Gandhi's principles of self-reliance and cooperation on a local level. Includes directive, activities and annual report. |
| Living Cities: The National Community Development Initiative helps improve the vitality of urban neighborhoods by supporting community development corporations. |
| Marketek, Inc.: Market research firm specializing in market analysis and economic development services for downtown revitalization projects. [requires Flash] |
| National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals: Dedicated to improving community and economic development extension programs and professionals. Board and committee members, conference information, and a mailing list. |
| National Association of Development Organizations: Provides training, information, networking, and representation for regional development organizations in small metropolitan and rural areas of the United States. |
| National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions: Not-for-profit organization acting as advocates for, and supporting local community credit unions in over 40 states. |
| National Main Street Center: Resources and information on how to preserve and revitalize historic downtowns and main streets. Part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. |
| National Neighborhood Coalition: An alliance of non-profit and community based organizations providing current information, advocacy, and support. |
| National Vacant Properties Campaign: A national American campaign to prevent abandonment, redevelop vacant properties and revitalize existing communities. |
| Neighborhood Design Center: A nonprofit organization founded in Baltimore, Maryland by volunteers dedicated to providing urban communities with access to professional, conceptual architectural, landscape, design and planning services. |
| Neighborhood Planning for Community Revitalization: Minnesota organization working to build partnerships between community-based organizations and local colleges and universities around community building activities. |
| NeighborWorks America: Information relating to a host of community-revitalization efforts from across the United States, focused on revitalizing declining neighborhoods, and supporting the development and preservation of affordable housing for low- and moderate-income families. |
| Pratt Institute Center for Community and Environmental Development: Information about policy analyses, advocacy, training courses and workshops. |
| Rebuilding Communities Initiative: Am initiative of the Annie E. Casey Foundation helping to transform troubled neighborhoods into safe environments. |
| Renewal Associates: Consultancy specializing in economic, social and environmental regeneration. |
| Renewal.net: A guide to neighbourhood renewal in the United Kingdom. Includes how-to guides, case studies, and project summaries. |
| Scottish Enterprise: Scotland's main economic development agency, funded by the Scottish Executive. Provides online support and skills development assistance to local enterprises and jobseekers. |
| Solutions for America: A program of the Pew Partnership for Civic Change. Provides research and best practices on community development issues. |
| South Carolina Association of Community Development Corporations: State-wide trade association of non-profit, community-based development corporations within the state's economically distressed communities. |
| Strategic Development Solutions: Consultants specializing in building strategic partnerships, creating policy, developing strategies and securing the financial resources necessary to promote quality economic development and housing opportunities within communities. |
| The ICA Group: Provides consulting services to clients working in, or seeking to start, worker-owned and community-based businesses. |
| The National Rural Development Partnership: Works to improve quality of life by fostering collaborative public private partnerships. |
| The New Rules Project: Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) proposes a set of new rules that builds community by supporting humanly scaled politics and economics. |
| ThinkCycle: An academic, non-profit initiative engaged in supporting distributed collaboration towards design challenges among underserved communities and the environment. |
| UK Business Incubation: An independent body (with government backing) that promotes and supports business incubation in Britain. |
| University of Illinois - Community and Economic Development: Provides information and educational programs, and conducts research on economic and social issues that are relevant to communities and community leaders. |
| Urban Regeneration Companies: An umbrella group for British public-private partnerships devoted to achieving redevelopment strategies for key towns and cities. |
| Village Retail Services Association: Offers support and advice to rural communities across Britain whose village shop or other retail service is threatened. |
| Western Rural Development Center: Hopes to strengthen rural communities by facilitating development research with universities and communities. |
| World Bank: Urban Development: Networks, institutes, groups, and regional infrastructure units responsible for international urban development lending and technical assistance. |
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