Rural Resources

• Agencies
• Agriculture
• Conservation Reserve Program
• Economic Development
• Education
• Growing Smarter Mandates (Arizona Dept. of Commerce)
• Health
• Housing - Rural Community Development Initiative (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture)
• Laws and Legislation
• Nature and Natural Resources
• Policy
• Statistics
• Telecommunications
• Urban Sprawl

TOPICAL DETAIL SECTION
This section provides more selection options for the topics listed above:

Agencies:

• Arizona Dept. of Agriculture:  Arizona Grown
• Arizona Dept. of Commerce Rural Development Office
• Greater Arizona Development Authority (GADA)
• Growing Smarter Mandates
• Rural Economic Development Initiatives (R.E.D.I.)
• U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Rural Development
• Arizona Rural Development Offices
• National Rural Development Partnership
• Rural Community Development Initiative

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Conservation Reserve Program:

• Farm Service Agency:  Conservation Reserve Program
• Sullivan, Patrick et al.  The Conservation Reserve Program:   Economic Implications for Rural America.  Agricultural Economic Report 834.  Washington, DC:  U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, September 2004.

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Economic Development:

• American Bankers Association:  Rural Banking and Farm Credit System
• Amt, Bill.  Role of Revolving Loan Funds in the Development of Natural Resource-based Business.  Washington, DC:  National Association of Development Organizations, August 11, 1998.
• Arizona Dept. of Agriculture:  Arizona Grown
• Arizona Dept. of Commerce Rural Development Office
• Rural Economic Development Initiatives (R.E.D.I.)
• Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records:  Economic Development Information Centers - Map and Contacts
• Cromartie, John B. and John M. Wardwell.  "Migrants Settling Far and Wide in the Rural West."  Rural Development Perspectives, vol. 14, no. 2 (August 1999), pp. 2-8.
• McGranahan, David A.  Natural Amenities Drive Rural Population Change.  Agricultural Economic Report 781.  Washington, DC:  U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Food and Rural Economics Division, October 1999.
• National Agricultural Library Rural Information Center:  Federal Funding Sources for Rural Areas Database.
• Rogers, Carolyn C.  Changes in the Older Population and Implications for Rural Areas.  Rural Development Research Report 90.  Washington, DC:  U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Food and Rural Economics Division, February 2000.
• "Rural America at a Glance, 2005."   Economic Information Bulletin No. 4 (September 2005).
• "Structural and Financial Characteristics of U.S. Farms:  2004 Family Farm Report."   Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 797 (March 2005).
• Sullivan, Patrick et al.  The Conservation Reserve Program:   Economic Implications for Rural America.  Agricultural Economic Report 834.  Washington, DC:  U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, September 2004.
• U.S. Dept. of Agriculture:
• Arizona Border Region Rural EC:  Latest Progress Reports
• Backgrounder:  Rural EZ/EC Program
• Economic Research Service:
• Farm Economy
• Publications
• Rural Development Program Fact Sheets

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Education:

• Arizona Dept. of Commerce:  Rural Arizona Colleges and Universities - Map (pdf format)
• Western Governors University

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Health:

• Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
• University of Arizona:  Arizona Telemedicine Program

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Laws and Legislation, Rules and Regulations:
Notice:  The following links are provided for informational purposes only

• Arizona Administrative Code
• Title 28, Chapter 8:  Greater Arizona Development Authority
• Arizona Revised Statutes:
• A.R.S. § 41-1505.03:  Rural Economic Development Program
• A.R.S. § 15-1754:  Rural Health Professions Program
• A.R.S. § 36-2174:  Rural Private Primary Care Provider Loan Repayment Program

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Policy:

• National Conference of State Legislatures:
• Agriculture & Rural Development
• Economic Development & Trade
• Environmental Protection
• Natural Resources
• Transportation
• Rural Policy Research Institute:
• Publications
• Sprawl Watch Clearinghouse:

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Statistics:

• Arizona Dept. of Commerce:  Arizona County Profiles
• U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Economic Research Service:
  • Arizona Fact Sheet
  • Measuring Rurality
  • Rural America

Telecommunications:

• Arizona Dept. of Commerce:  Arizona's Telecommunications Infrastructure
• Arizona Government Information Technology Agency:  Telecommunications Open Partnerships for Arizona (TOPAZ)
• Federal Communications Commission:   Telecommunications Service in Rural America
• Rural Policy Research Institute:  Rural Telecommunications Panel - Publications

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Urban Sprawl:

• Arizona Dept. of Commerce:  Growing Smarter Mandates
• Franciosi, Robert.  A Tale of Two Cities:   Phoenix, Portland, Growth and Growth Control.  Arizona Issue Analysis 152.  Phoenix, AZ:  Goldwater Institute, October 1, 1998.
• Franciosi, Robert.  Preserving Open Space:  The Private Alternative.  Arizona Issue Analysis 155.  Phoenix, AZ:  Goldwater Institute, February 1999.
• Sprawl Watch Clearinghouse

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Updated:  10/17/2006