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Kay Decker
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HI Rural Practitioners! When we started this communication process a month or so ago, there weren't that many of us. Now it looks as though we are up to 21 members of this group. Way to go! I am pleased to see more professionals signing up all the t…
Let me know if there are opportunities for me to facilitate training for rural practitioners. I would be happy to share what we have done to "train" our local and county government officials as well as what we have done to explain urban/rural differ…
Dale, your past experiences sound exactly like what my organization does so we can meet the needs of underserved populations in our five county region. I serve as Executive Director on a volunteer basis because the organization cannot afford to pay…
Dale, from my experiences here in the southern Great Plains, rural community development entities and similar organizations provide a multitude of services. The issues that I know create the greatest amount of difficulty are with housing development…
Paul, I would be happy to write an article which describes our methods of educating government agency staffers. I can talk about government level staff from the city and county level all the way to state level and federal agency staff. We have engag…
Paul, I totally get that federal agencies have been forced to reduce program delivery trainings and number of staff as a result of fed cut-backs. In the Oklahoma and Southern Kansas region, neither USDA or HUD has been very effective in devising met…
If NeighborWorks would develop content which is especially directed toward the rural practitioner that would be a great step toward bringing programmatic issues to the forefront of program delivery in rural America. While program regs apply to all p…
Hi Folks, I appreciate the commentary going on with this forum. Rural practitioners need to communicate and share ideas and solutions--thank you Neighborworks for giving us a good place to do that without having to travel. Lets keep talking everyone…
Hi Lee Anne, I am not sure what the content of the 502 course involves, but would be happy to look it over. Rural practitioners operate in isolation in many respects and need guidance from federal and state agencies about how to conduct programs des…
All rural and not-so-urban practitioners are invited to post commentary about the state of rural America on this forum!
Hi Paul, I believe that it is past time for our institutions of higher education to take a more formalized stance toward the continued problems and issues which are facing rural America. While I realize that some rural regions of the country are doi…
Hi John, thank you for the information. I will look at the Cornell model and maybe we can chat about it more. I am trying to get the Oklahoma State Regents and the various institutions to see how these collaborations can be effective for community i…
I am a professor of sociology and chair of the department of social sciences at a four year regional university in northwest Oklahoma. I am interested in hearing from anyone in this network who is associated with institutions of higher education and…
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- Job Title
- Executive Director
- Employer
- Freedom West Community Development Corporation
- Professional Experience
- On faculty at NWOSU since 1989 and current Chair of the Social Sciences Department. Professor of Sociology at NWOSU and Founder of Freedom West CDC in 2002 and current Executive Director. Masters in Sociology and Doctorate in Occupational and Adult Education. Community Development Specialist working primarily in affordable housing, arts and culture for community revitalization, and government policy development.
- Community Development Interests
- Arts and Social Development, Construction and Production, Economic Revitalization and Workforce Development, Leadership and Management, Neighborbood Revitalization, Real Estate Development (Single Family)
- Years in the Community Development Field
- 8-15 years
- Are you interested in being a mentor to someone new to the community development field?
- NSP Project; Owner-Occupied Rehabilitation; Acquisition-Rehab of SF affordable units; arts and cultural development associated with downtown revitalization movement; and historic preservation strategies and adaptation to mixed use and mixed income community improvement projects.
Comment Wall (2 comments)
- At 5:18pm on September 30, 2009,
Vicki Watson said…
- I was raised in the Texas Panhandle and have a long line of relatives who starved out in the dust bowl in the Oklahoma Panhandle. Also, in my wilder days was occassionally seen at dances at Vici.
My real passion these days is the salvation and survival of small communities. My background is varied, but it seems my skills are leading me in this direction. I am so eager to learn from you and the others! Thanks for accepting my invitation.
Vicki
- At 10:57am on June 28, 2009,
NeighborWorks America said… - Hi Kay!
Welcome to LeadersforCommunities! Glad to see you on this site!
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I second Sarah -- also, I've been hearing some NSP grantees say, more or less, "we have interest but none of the people interested can qualify for a mortgage", and they describe that as a lending problem. To me, that sounds more like a marketing pro…
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I like Home Makeover. And, I like adding free architectural, landscaping and decorating assistance with the loan to help homeowners choose high-impact investments and maximize the fixed costs of bringing a contractor out. Geneva, NY offers free arch…
Thanks Vince. At this time, I know non-profits do not have access to RD's loan origination software, UniFi. I'm not sure how much we've discussed the issues of access to CAIVRS in the 502 course.
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