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Program Builder
A new interactive online service of ISU Extension Community and Economic Development allows community leaders to design their own programs for assistance. Information sessions are being offered in all 99 Iowa counties to acquaint community leaders with what's available.

Community Matters
A newsletter for local leaders interested in helping their communities advance with the times. Read the current issue online or check the archives.

Elderhostel Programs Offer Tourism Opportunities
Discover Iowa’s communities. Elderhostel programs often visit people or places that are not accessible to the public.  Persons age 55+ can participate in these educational travel programs and learn about Iowa in a new and fascinating way.

Programs for Communities -- An overview of programming delivered by ISU Extension Community and Economic Development campus and field specialists.

Community Economic Development News

5/8/2008 - ISU Extension Audio: Interviews for the Week of May 5
Listen to interviews about patience during planting season, La niña and corn and soybean yield, farm sector prosperity and the rural economy, and more.
4/23/2008 - Iowans Worry Their Paychecks Won’t Cover Basic Costs in 2008
A new survey shows nearly one-third of Iowans worry family income won't meet expenses. Horizons communities are a step ahead. They have ISU Extension-trained leaders working on poverty and economic decline.