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

Community Colleges ED

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 Development Organizations (NADO) provides training, information and representation for regional development organizations in small metropolitan and rural Amer-ica: (p) (202) 624-7806

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

Pacific Incubation Network (PIN) is a regional association of business incubation and economic developmentprofessionals serving the US Pacific Coast, British Columbia, Baja California and Jalisco. (p) (408) 351-3567

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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