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Volume 6, Issue 3, 2012Photovoice presentation

  • ISU design students and alum help revitalize courthouse square
  • Sustainable Economies Project earns national recognition
  • ISU Community Design Lab transforms ideas into reality
  • Students help cultivate hope in flood-damaged Cedar Rapids neighborhood
  • JUNTOS program brings Latino youth and parents together for success
  • Design students help Mapleton take the next steps to recovery
  • ISU Extension Road Scholar 2013 schedule now available
  • Parsley joins ISU Extension and Outreach and Cedar County Economic Development
  • Amaya joins ISU Extension to expand services to Iowa Latinos
  • ISU Extension and Home Depot help veterans in Fairfield prepare their homes for winter
  • Baskaran helps design user-friendly mobile mapping technology

Volume 6, Issue 2, 2012Photovoice presentation

  • New research and development partnership launches in Dubuque
  • Regional Economic and Community Analysis Program (RECAP) gets makeover and new name
  • Skywalk mural adds a splash of color to downtown Sioux City
  • Main Street  Program and Extension CED assess downtown Perry
  • Biswa Das joins community and regional planning faculty and Extension CED
  • Housing summit offers hope for families pursuing the American Dream
  • Julia Badenhope named American Society of Landscape Architects Fellow
  • Public-private partnerships increase impacts
  • Where people go to discuss civic affairs, or What's in a Place?
  • Extension CED and League of Cities offer Finance 101 courses
  • Christopher Seeger earns two awards for I-WALK program
  • Featured publications: Economic Value of Outdoor Recreation Activities in Iowa; Anticipating Economic Impacts of the 2012 Drought in Iowa
  • ISU research on quater quality earns award

Volume 6, Issue 1, 2012Photovoice presentation

  • Extension CED featured at ISU's Smithsonian Folklife Festival exhibit
  • Microloan program helps Ottumwa entrepreneur live the dream
  • STATCOM helps Perry Public Library define its vision
  • Students employ design activism to confront food uncertainty in Des Moines area
  • Centerville selected for EDA sustainable economies project
  • GIS workshop helps planners use census data effectively
  • Extension specialists take Road Scholar program to Guatemala
  • I-WALK serves as model for walkability project in Wisconsin
  • Fairfield residents get down to earth and "Dig In" for sustainability
  • Maquoketa's "Future Choices" take shape
  • Extension CED seeks communities for two-year partnerships

Volume 5, Issue 4, 2012Photovoice presentation

  • Common development vision may supercede confining borders
  • Multicultural market seeks vendors
  • CED specialists help Postville residents understand diversity
  • New Extension CED website goes live
  • Extension sociology helps immigrant youth reflect on culture and locally-grown foods
    through photography
  • ISU landscape architect speaks on therapeutic design in Taiwan
  • Online mapping tool brings the community meeting to you
  • Sustainability indicators focus of Lee County summit
  • Community and Economic Development extends to Keokuk
  • Ron Prescott joins CED as the 'PR man' for retail trade analysis
  • Good Samaritans in Ottumwa learn about diversity
  • New in print: Engaging Community Planners and Local Elected Officials with Local Food Systems Producers to Integrate Local Food Systems into Community Places and Improving Implementation in Hazard Mitigation Planning: A Facilitator's Manual
  • Charles Gratto: he literally wrote the book on public policy education

Volume 5, Issue 3, 2011Iowa House Ribbon Cutting

  • Selling online made simple and affordable for Iowa entrepreneurs
  • Rural YES summit at ISU brings young rural entrepreneurs together
  • Citizens work with ISU Extension CED to chart a course for Maquoketa's future
  • Sioux City high school students learn to Design It! at ISU Design West
  • Rural Development Resource Center helps food oasis survive in Griswold
  • ISU design students' concepts featured in new museum store
  • Researchers enhance collaborative planning with geospatial technology
  • ISU Extension CED leads the way in serving immigrant entrepreneurs
  • Extension CED and Municipal Utilities Association offer new certification
  • Extension CED offers a better way to create leaders through DDL series
  • Extension CED's spring 2012 planning and zoning workshops scheduled
  • Extension CED short course offers GIS essentials
  • Wapello County plans microloan program

Volume 5, Issue 2, 2011Iowa House Ribbon Cutting

  • Iowans show ISU's impact on their communities via smartphone
  • ISU students use landscape design as a progressive approach to rehabilitation
  • WE-LEAD helps develop small-town leadership development model
  • Corning's sustainable "Iowa House" officially hits the housing market
  • Study shows impact of 2008 floods on housing needs in different communities
  • MPI/MPA founding father honored at 2011 session
  • ISU and Keokuk join forces to enhance area economic development
  • Educational series helps Spanish-speakers adjust to life in Iowa
  • Student in Residence program integrates education and beautification
  • City clerks and finance officers can register for 2011 budget workshops
  • Summit says "YES" to rural entrepreneurs

 

Volume 5, Issue 1, 2011Governor Branstad at Urban Extension Conference

  • New ideas for outreach programming featured at Urban Extension Conference
  • Central Iowa towns find a common thread for marketing themselves as a destination
  • Delaware County trains the next generation of leaders with help from Extension
  • PLaCE program builds connection between Extension and Iowa's communities
  • GPS + iPhones = better data for safer routes and healthier kids
  • Perry defines its future by engaging youth in planning through pictures
  • Story County Health Needs Assessment results are in
  • Featured publications: RECAP presents 2010 Census city and county demographic profiles; program brief highlights Extension Community and Economic Development activities

 

Volume 4, Issue 4, Spring 2011

  • Extension shows Latino entrepreneurs silver lining in economic cloud
  • Urban forestry survey shows that Iowans want more trees in their communities
  • Planning and zoning workshops for local officials are under way
  • New app available to access Extension Program Builder on the go
  • Landscape architecture studio helps Lake Delhi-area reidents explore alternative futures
  • Citizen engagement process helps Hawarden identify community vision
  • Healthy choices are easy choices in northeast Iowa thanks to the NE Iowa Food and Fitness Initiative
  • The City of Fairfield announces record-breaking recycling results
  • ISU Extension community development work showcased at a national Extension professionals conference

 

Volume 4, Issue 3, Fall 2010Iowa Kids University at Wildwood Elementary School

  • Corning is site of 'groundbreaking' sustainable and affordable housing
  • Community visioning program application deadline extended until December 10, 2010
  • CIRAS program manager helps Iowa cities and companies connect
  • Extension receives grant to educate Iowans on flood mitigation
  • Design West wins national award of excellence in partnership development
  • Extension specialists target hot-button issues at Iowa League of Cities conference
  • Extension and Iowa League of Cities offer budget workshops
  • Extension helps launch Iowa Kids University in Wapello and Mahaska Counties
  • Extension needs assessment: giving the people what they want
  • Loan program helps small businesses create and retain jobs in Iowa
  • Chris Seeger uses geospatial technology to engage the public
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