Publications

Community-based Agricultural Economic Development (click here for description of publication)

• What is the Future of Agriculture in Your Community?

Conflict at the Rural/Urban Interface (click here for descriptions of publications)

• Agricultural Uses: Legal Issues Regarding Nuisances and Right to Farm Laws

• Questions and Answers about the "ACRE" Program (Act 38 of 2005, House Bill 1646)

• Agricultural or AgriBusiness Activities Affecting Others

• Community Conflicts over Agriculture, Land Uses, and Natural Resources: Finding the Common Ground

• Country Living: A Homeowner's Guide

• Good Neighbor Relations: Advice and Tips from Other Farmers

• A Guidebook on Community Participation in Addressing Disputes over Intensive Livestock Operations

• Interaction between the Agricultural Security Area Law and the "Right to Farm" Law Revisited

• The Joy of Farm Watching: A Roadside Guide to Pennsylvania Agriculture

• Understanding Your Community's Agriculture

Digital Divide (click here for description of publications)

• Community Networks Project Fact Sheets

Economic Development and Analysis (click here for descriptions of publications)

• Road to 2005: Update on Pennsylvania

• Using Employment Data to Better Understand Your Local Economy

Government (click here for description of publication)

• An Introduction to County Government

Land Use (click here for descriptions of publications)

• Act 319 - Use Value Assessment under Pennsylvania's "Clean and Green Act," 2001

• Fiscal Impacts of Different Land Uses

• Land Use Planning in Pennsylvania Series

• Property Rights Interests and Perspectives Series

• Timber Harvesting in Pennsylvania: Information for Citizens and Local Government Officials

Leadership (click here for description of publications)

• Learning Today, Leading Tomorrow Series

Rural Health (click here for descriptions of publications)

• An Overview of Teen Pregnancy and Childbearing Issues in the U.S. and Pennsylvania Fact Sheets

Strategic Planning/Community Processes (click here for descriptions of publications)

• Charting the Future of Our Community Workbooks

• Choosing Our Direction Workbooks

• Finding the Funds You Need: A Guide for Grant Seekers

• The Futures Festival: An Intergenerational Approach to Community Participation - A Facilitator's Guide

Taxes/Tax Reform (click here for descriptions of publications)

• Understanding the Taxpayer Relief Act: Act 1 of Special Session 2005 - 2006

• Understanding the Homeowner Tax Relief Act: Act 72 of 2004

• Forest Finance 4: Understanding Forest Property Tax Assessment in Pennsylvania

• Understanding the Homestead and Farmstead Exclusions

• Local Taxes & Our Community

• How is the Real Property Tax Distributed Among Land Uses?

• Real Property Taxes and Farm Income in Pennsylvania

Videos

• Only the Beginning

• Strong Traditions for Today and Tomorrow

• 24 Hours in County Government

• Property Rights: Interests and Perspectives

• Tax Fairness: What's Fair in Our Community?

Newsletters

• ECD Updates

• Ideas for Intergenerational Living

• Pennsylvania Rural Leadership Program - RULE

• Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health

• Water Concepts for Township Supervisors

Brochures

• ECD Program Brochure