As 2018 comes to a close, the Extension Community Development team wishes you a new year filled with health, happiness and spectacular success....
Decorating for the holidays is a long-standing tradition that for many include having a Christmas tree decorated in your home. Unfortunately, some...
La Fecha Límite Para Participar en una Encuesta en Línea Sobre Iniciativas Favorables Para Adultos Mayores se Acerca Para Residentes de...
In March of 2015, Purdue Extension Floyd County started offering beginning beekeeping classes. These first classes were met with much enthusiasm!...
Three graduates of the Community Economics and Leadership Program (CELP) recently utilized the education they received through the four-month...
Community projects are a component of many of the Purdue Extension Community Leadership Programs across the state. The Leadership Daviess County...
In the scope of society, we have multiple branches of communication. The facets we see depend on our generation, tastes and preferences and where...
This September is National Preparedness Month (NPM). The Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) has committed to participate in NPM as a way...
A community needs a comprehensive plan to serve as the compass for its future course. However, the ability and will to prepare and implement the...
Confined Feeding Operations (CFOs) offer an efficient system to feed and house animals through specialization, increased facility size and close...
The Community Development Achievement Award is presented to a Community Development Society (CDS) member in recognition of his or her outstanding...
Educate, validate, and elevate our employees so they can be the best version of themselves, help them in this regard to identify opportunities for...
Nineteen middle managers and millennials from four community organizations, four city government agencies and three nonprofit agencies recently...
Family firms comprise 80-90% of all business enterprises and range from mom-and-pop stores to corporate giants. Family businesses are an important...
Purdue Extension’s Beginner’s Guide to Grant Writing was recently recognized as a national award winner by the National Association of...
Former professor Dr. David Birch of MIT found that up to 80% of job growth in any community is generated by the businesses already located there...
How do communities change? The answer is quite easy. Change is implemented through attitude. Although the answer is easy, getting to that answer is...
Last week, the Supreme Court ruled internet retailers can be required to collect sales taxes, even in areas where they have no physical presence....
Huntington County Leadership Academy congratulates 17 graduates from the 2018 Purdue Extension Community Leadership class. The group has been...
Confused about plans, districts, zones, codes, and more? Knowing and using a common vocabulary of planning and zoning terms will help you...
Are you new to the local Plan Commission or the Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA)? This article give an introduction to plan commissions and BZAs, the...
A comprehensive plan helps communities identify their shared goals and guides development policies that allow the community to reach those goals....
We were in southern Indiana a few weeks ago in a county that is, at first glance, not for want of green space. In fact, natural spaces abound.
Leadership Jasper County graduated the 2017-18 class this week. The Community Leadership Program works to create a network of willing,...
Michael Wilcox, Assistant Program Leader for Purdue Extension Community Development, was the May 10 guest speaker for the Community Economics and...
The building goes dark, the manager locks the door for the last time, brown paper cascades down windows that once held signs of sales and...
Local government finance is complex and has become even more so since the implementation of the property tax caps in 2008. In 2016, taxpayers...
Congratulations to the 2018 class of Leadership Vigo County, a program provided by Purdue Extension Vigo County, who graduated last month! The...
Competitive grant proposals are an increasing key revenue source for nonprofits, educational institutions and local governments. One indicator of...
How do you get nearly 100 local residents to participate in your community forum? Through working hard on marketing, Hometown Collaboration...
‘Leader’ is defined as a person to guide a way by going in advance. Leadership is an important function of management, which helps to...