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How to Champion Your Coal Community’s Natural Resources
Join the BRECC National Network this November to learn how coal communities are balancing resource conservation and economic development. This session will highlight how coal-impacted communities can leverage public lands, natural resources and federal partnerships in order to successfully champion the needs of their community. This BRECC National Network Session will feature the Conservation Fund’s “Activation Program” and community leaders embracing a multi-point approach to natural resource economies.
2025 Outlook - A Year of Greater Clarity, a NACo EDGE Webinar
Monday, October 28, 2024 | 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
Join NACo EDGE for an enlightening webinar, "2025 Outlook - A Year of Greater Clarity," presented by Joe Rulison, CEO of three+one.
Joe Rulison will share insights on 2025's most anticipated economic developments.
This webinar is brought to you by NACo EDGE, establishing people, purchasing, and performance cost-saving solutions that can be applied to counties nationwide. EDGE is owned by NACo, advised by county leaders and 100% focused on solutions for U.S. Counties. Learn more about NACo EDGE here.
For more information check out the event page!
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.
