PROGRAMMING AREAS

   Community Capacity Building

   Regional Economic Development

   Entrepreneurship

   Local & Regional Food Systems

   Balanced Use of Natural Resources

   Other

The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
The Pennsylvania State University
7 Armsby Building, University Park PA 16802-5602
814/863-4656(phone); 814/863-0586(fax)
Please send questions and comments to:
nercrd@psu.edu

Land Use in the Northeast US:

Ten Things Members of Every Rural
Community Need to Know About Land Use...

Planning is usually the only way in which unpleasant surprises related to land use can be avoided. While planning is sometimes a "dirty" word, there are no alternatives if undesirable and unexpected surprises are to be avoided (M. Doughterty, West Virginia University).

The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development is located at the Pennsylvania State University and collaborates with land grant institutions in the northeast U.S.