Community & Economic Development

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Community & Economic Development
ENGAGE with this Issue:

Recent Legislative Action

Community-based Research on Community & Economic Development.

State, National and International resources for Community & Economic Development.

Video: Higher Education's Role
in Economic Development

Community and Economic Development is the process of connecting citizens, businesses, non-profit organizations, and government organizations in an effort of collaboratively improving or revitalizing a community.

Recently, Community and Economic Development has been a major effort in Mountain View and Fairview. There are many organizations in these two areas of Anchorage that are working toward creating economically improved, safer, and more vibrant communities. [Read more.]

 
 

Events & Activities

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 Civic Engagement in Action

 
 
 

Projects

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 Deepening Levels of Engagement

  • Get inspired by the stories of past or current projects.
  • Participate in our Community Partner Speed Dating event held in fall and spring each year.
  • Send us your stories, including photos and video clips of UAA community partnerships and projects.
  • Contact us with your ideas for a new project.
 
 
 

Academic Courses

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  • Students, take a service-learning course.
  • Faculty, create a service-learning component for an existing course or develop new curriculum.
  • Community partners, engage UAA students in internships and volunteer opportunities by contacting us.
  • See which faculty are involved in teaching or research related to Community and Economic Development.
 
 
 

Community-Based Research

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