Penn State Spring 2026 Land-Use Webinar Series announced

January 7, 2026

The Penn State Extension Land Use Webinar Series, organized in partnership with the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Planning Association (PA-APA) and the NERCRD, offers five monthly webinars beginning January 21 on land use topics affecting the communities of Pennsylvania.

Residents’ Perceptions of and Attitudes towards Tourism in the Upper Valley Region of New Hampshire and Vermont

Residents’ Perceptions of and Attitudes towards Tourism in the Monongahela National Forest Region

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Residents’ Perceptions of and Attitudes towards Tourism in the Monongahela National Forest Region.

Residents’ Perceptions of and Attitudes towards Tourism in the Allegheny National Forest Region

NERCRD agritourism research brief featured in Mainebiz story

A feature story written by Renee Cordes and published in MaineBiz includes research on agritourism that was published by NERCRD. The story, which also features a quote by one of the research authors, Jason Entsminger (University of Maine), provides insights into the latest data on Maine agritourism farms, and interviews the managers of several different Maine-based agricultural operations that have incorporated agritourism activities into their business models.

What is TRED?

by Steven Deller, University of Wisconsin (Click here to return to the TRED Table of Contents.) TRED is An economic development strategy A process (strategic planning) Content (data analysis and interpretation) Targeted Regional Economic Development (TRED) is a means to an end with the end being the implementation of a viable set of economic growth […]

TRED – Pulling it all together

by Thomas Harris, University of Nevada, Reno (Click here to return to the TRED Table of Contents.) Community Business Matching and the Analytical Hierarchy Process This section provides an over view of the Community Business Matching model along with the Analytical Hierarchy Process. Specifically, the following questions are addressed: Why do we need public input […]

Location-Quotients and TRED

by Steven Deller, University of Wisconsin (Click here to return to the TRED Table of Contents.) Methods of identifying potential industries to focus targeting efforts on vary widely, but an approach suggested by Harvard business economist Michael Porter is growing in popularity. The approach is built on the notion of location quotients and it includes […]

Shift-share analysis and TRED

This article draws from Shaffer, R.E., S.C. Deller and D.W. Marcouiller. 2004. Community Economics: Linking Theory and Practice. Oxford: Blackwell Professional Publishing. By Steven Deller, University of Wisconsin (Click here to return to the TRED Table of Contents.) As we have seen, numerous tools can be used upon which to base a Targeted Regional Economic […]