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Best Practices and Strategies Manual

Other Studies and Research

Coping With Change - How Small Towns & Their Retailers Can Survive & Thrive Amid Big Box Super Stores

(Workbook to Accompany Above Study)

Marketing Your Rural Community

Rural Georgia:  To Be..Or Not To Be.. Zoned

Sweat Equity Developing:  Outdoor Recreation Tourism In the GREDC Region

Golden Isles Parkway Study (Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation)

Local Economic Development Organization Technology Update Study

Attracting Retirees Through Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRC's) and Active Adult Retirement Communities (AARC's)

Keeping Rural Healthcare Facilities Viable Through "Lean Healthcare" Practices