Community Development - North Central Regional Center for Rural Development

The NCRCRD facilitates partnerships among Extension program leaders and community development programs at land-grant institutions in the North Central Region, including those established by the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890, and the Tribal Land Grant colleges funded in 1994. Led by many of our land-grant institution partners, Community Development Extension programs can be found in all twelve states of the North Central Region.

The National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals (NACDEP) defines community development as “a practice-based profession and an academic discipline that promotes participative democracy, sustainable development, rights, equality, economic opportunity and social justice, through the organization, education and empowerment of people within their communities, whether these be of locality, identity or interest, in urban and rural settings.”

While community development Extension programs are tailored to community needs, resources, and capacity, program leaders use a set of common indicators to report impacts of those efforts. Information on the impact of community development Extension programming in the North Central Region is collected yearly by the NCRCRD and shared through an annual regional impact report.

This section describes products and resources for Extension professionals based on input from Extension Community Development Program Leaders in the North Central Region.

Name	Title	University
Anthony Barwick	Community Development Field Specialist and Program Leader	Central State University
Cheryl Burkhart-Kriesel	Rural Prosperity Nebraska Coordinator	University of Nebraska
David Civittolo	Associate Professor and Interim Assistant Director, Community Development	Ohio State University
Amanda Eggers	Program Coordinator, Community and Economic Development	Iowa State University
Lynette Flage	Associate Director	North Dakota State University
Josset Gauley	Evaluation and Program Development Specialist	University of Wisconsin-Madison
Josh Gunn	Associate Director for Community, Food & Environment Institute, MSU Extension	Michigan State University
Himar Hernandez	Assistant Program Director, Community Development Specialist	Iowa State University
Brandon Hofstedt	Community Economic Development Program Manager	University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dave Ivan	Community, Food & Environment Institute Director – MSU Extension	Michigan State University
Benoy Jacob	Director of the Community Development Institute	University of Wisconsin-Madison
Steve Jeanetta	Associate Dean, Center for Community Vitality	University of Minnesota
Carrie Johnson	Interim Assistant Director for Family and Community Wellness, NDSU Extension	North Dakota State University
Maria Marshall	Director, North Central Regional Center for Rural Development	Purdue University
Stacey McCullough	Director-Community, Professional & Economic Development	University of Arkansas System
Jaime Menon	State Program Leader for Community Vitality	Kansas State
Kari O’Neill	Community Vitality Program Manager	South Dakota State University
Deborah Kohl	KSRE Program Leader Coordinator – Community Vitality	Kansas State University
Rob Russell	Director, Labor and Workforce Development & Interim Community Development Director	University of Missouri
Robin Shepard	Associate Professor, Department of Life Sciences and Executive Director for North Central Cooperative Extension Association (NCCEA)	University of Wisconsin-Madison
Anne Silvis	Assistant Dean and Program Leader, Community and Economic Development	University of Illinois Extension
Gary Taylor	Community & Economic Development Program Director, Professor of Community & Regional Planning	Iowa State University
Crystal Tyler-Mackey	Extension Specialist Community Viability, Ag Leadership Community Education	Virginia Tech
Sreedhar Upendram	Assistant Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics	The University of Tennessee Knoxville
Michael Wilcox	Associate Director, North Central Regional Center for Rural Development	Purdue University
Claire Wolff	Senior Director Program/Projects OPS	University of Missouri

2021 by the Numbers

Number of Community Development Extension Program Participants

Dollar Value of Grants and Resources Generated by Communities

Number of Businesses Created

2021 Impact Report

University Extension leaders from the twelve North Central 1862 Land-Grant universities developed common indicators for reporting the impacts of community and economic development educational programs. Each state reported on programs and outcomes to contribute to this report.

Download the Full Impact Report

Download the Impact Report Executive Summary

Previous Impact Reports

2020 Full Impact Report

2020 Impact Report Executive Summary

2019 Full Impact Report

2019 Impact Report Executive Summary

2018 Full Impact Report

2018 Impact Report Executive Summary

2017 Full Impact Report

2017 Impact Report Executive Summary

2016 Full Impact Report

2016 Impact Report Executive Summary

2015 Full Impact Report

2015 Impact Report Executive Summary

2014 Full Impact Report

2014 Impact Report Executive Summary

2013 Full Impact Report

2013 Impact Report Executive Summary

2012 Full Impact Report

2012 Impact Report Executive Summary

2011 Full Impact Report

2011 Impact Report Executive Summary

2010 Full Impact Report

2010 Impact Report Executive Summary

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS EXTENSION

Healthy Community
Mercer County: Better Together – Learn about how University of Illinois Extension is working to revitalize the communities of Mercer County.
Think Global Eat Local
Filling the Grocery Gap in Peoria

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION

Kansas PRIDE Program

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI EXTENSION

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN EXTENSION

INVENTURE Day: An Entrepreneurial Adventure for Middle School Youth – Nebraska Extension
Attracting New Residents – Nebraska Extension, South Dakota State University Extension & North Dakota State University Extension
Entrepreneurial Community Activation Process – Nebraska Extension
Rural Prosperity – Meeting Communities Where They Are

NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION

Business Retention and Expansion Program (BR&E)
Online Teaching – 8 Opening Approaches (Brian Raison, OSU Extension)
Crisis Leadership (Brian Raison, OSU Extension)
Ohio Sea Grant YouTube Channel
Community Assets and Needs in Real Time (Becky Nesbitt, OSU Extension)
Appalachian Byway of Ohio promotion video (Gwynn Stewart, OSU Extension)

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION

PURDUE EXTENSION

Enhancing the Value of Public Spaces
Enhancing the Value of Public Spaces: Creating Healthy Communities
Purdue Extension Business Retention and Expansion (BR&E)
Digital Ready Businesses – Helping Rural Businesses Compete in the Digital Economy
Building Bank Relationships – A Small Business Banking Guide

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON EXTENSION

Community Place-making, Design Wisconsin: Your Community’s Design Team
Support & Training for Food Business Entrepreneurs:
- The Edible Startup Summit
- Wisconsin Food Business Roadmap

The Community Development Extension Library serves as a national repository of programs, curricula, tools, and fact sheets shared and used among Extension professionals who are part of Community Development Extension programs from across the United States.

The CD Extension Library is a collaboration between the North Central Regional Center for Rural Development (NCRCRD) and the National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals (NACDEP).

The Library is a resource for sharing programs and best practices throughout the Cooperative Extension System and a forum through which peers can exchange information on practices, program delivery, and impact.

Community Development Extension Library website

You can help expand the Community Development Extension Library! We encourage your contributions, as they will increase the usefulness of the library. Please review the guidance on completing the form in the Community Development Extension Library Resource Intake Guide.