Community & Economic Development
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Think Outside the Box: Coal Communities Embracing New Roles to Spark Economic Development
Coal-impacted counties are taking on new roles to promote economic development in their communities. Join the BRECC National Network this September to learn how counties are stepping into innovative sectors and pursuing unique projects to diversify their local economy. This learning session will spotlight inspiring projects on engaging community members, growing industry clusters, and addressing housing challenges.
Stage CARES (Community Abatement Resources & Economic Solutions): Patent-Pending, Evidence-Based Tools to Solve the Opioid Epidemic at County and State Levels
Join us for a NACo Sponsored webinar to spotlight Stage CARES – Community Abatement Resources Economic Solutions. CARES is designed to help counties and states effectively solve their opioid epidemic through innovative, evidence-based tools and strategies. This session will share insights from national and local leaders.
Discover how CARES patent-pending technology provides data-driven recommendations along with program cost estimates from Stage Analytics’ Co-founders and Principals, Dr. Caleb Alexander, and Dr. Bill Padula.
Learn how to develop evidence-based plans and budgets for your county’s opioid abatement strategy.
Gain practical knowledge from local leaders on how CARES enables efficient collaboration and coordination among stakeholders.
Explore the platform’s capabilities in collecting, measuring, and visualizing real-time, compliant data to meet settlement requirements.
This webinar offers a unique opportunity to see firsthand how Stage CARES can empower your community with the tools and insights needed to solve your opioid epidemic. Don’t miss out—reserve your spot today!
Resource Spotlight
Advancing Local Housing Affordability: NACo Housing Task Force Final Report
The final report from NACo's Housing Task Force offers an extensive look into the issues, presenting actionable strategies and federal policy recommendations.
Economic Mobility Initiative
Explore these resources to promote inclusive economic prosperity for county residents.
NACo Housing Task Force
NACo’s Housing Affordability Task Force examined housing challenges and highlighted county-led solutions to address the housing affordability and inventory crisis. The task force identified intergovernmental and public-private strategies to enhance housing affordability and stability.
Building Resilient Economies in Coal Communities
The Building Resilient Economies in Coal Communities initiative connects coal communities, supports local leaders and builds capacity in under-resourced communities to advance new approaches and projects for economic diversification.
Resilient Counties Initiative
NACo works to strengthen county resiliency by building leadership capacity to identify and manage risk, and allow counties to become more flexible and responsive.
Counties for Career Success
The Counties for Career Success (C4CS) initiative supports counties in enhancing pathways to education and employment. Each C4CS cohort receives technical assistance, expert guidance and peer learning opportunities to develop cross-sector plans that improve job access and learning opportunities for residents.
Connecting Counties & Military Installations
The U.S. Department of Defense Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative Program helps manage encroachment and incompatible development near military installations. The program forms partnerships that protect military operations from restrictive development and strengthens long-term relationships between the Department of Defense and counties.
Creative Counties Placemaking Initiative
The Creative Counties Placemaking Initiative, developed with Americans for the Arts and supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, provides county leaders with tools to integrate the arts into local solutions.
