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Online Resources Economic Development Associations
& Support Organizations California Academy for Economic Development is a not-for-profit, statewide center for training, education, and research in the field of economic development. One of its primary missions is the education of state and local officials about the critical processes, strategies, and solutions involved in improving California's communities. The Academy focuses on providing professional training to career economic development professionals. California Association of Enterprise Zones is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating new jobs and investment in California through the use of enterprise zones. California Association for Local Economic Development (CALED) is a professional membership association made up of public and private organizations involved in economic development. Formed in 1980, CALED has grown to over 700 members, representing cities, counties, state, federal, and private sector members. CALED operates nine regional chapters that meet and provide excellent vehicles for information dissemination, networking, and training: (p) (916) 448-8252 California Association for Microenterprise Opportunity (CAMEO) California Downtown Association is a membership organization committed to the long-term preservation and prosperity of downtowns and business districts: (p) (888) 429-1124 California Redevelopment Association California Workforce Association Center for Economic Development, California State University, Chico helps to educate and build the knowledge and capacity of California Economic Development professionals and enhance the well being of the regions citizens by facilitating sustained, long term, and coordinated Eco-nomic Development strategies: (p) (530) 898-4598 International Economic
Development Council (IEDC) is a professional membership association
created through the merger of the Council for Urban Economic Development
(CUED) and the American Economic Development Council (AEDC) . The IEDC
works to support economic development professionals by providing them
with various types of support and advocacy: (p) (202) 223-7800 National Association of Foreign Trade Zones (NAFTZ): 1000 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 1001, Washington, DC 20036, (p) (202) 331-1950 or (f) 202-331-1994 National Association of State Development Agencies (NASDA) is a membership organization that focuses on state economic development agencies and issues. Members include state eco-nomic development directorsand the key managers in their agencies: (p) (703) 490-6777 National Business Incubation Association: Trade group for owners/operators of business incu-bators, (p) (740) 593-4331 National Mainstreet Center is part of the national Trust for Historic Preservation. They provide a wide variety of services for downtown and historic commercial centers. National Rural Economic Developers Assn. (NREDA) (515) 284-1421 The Sierra Business Council is a nonprofit association of more than 500 businesses, agencies, and individuals working to secure the social, environmental, and financial health of the Sierra Ne-vada region. (p) (530) 582-4800 Urban Land Institute (ULI), (p) (800) 321-5011 |
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