Innovators in Rural Community Economic Development

Massachusetts

Wealth Creation Through Sustainable Forestry: Generating Wealth Creation Models in the Appalachian Wood-products Industry

This report examines and presents wealth creation models adapted to the needs and context of sustainable forestry in Appalachia.


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Enterprise Financing for WealthWorks Value Chains: Overview and Guide

As part of WealthWorks, the Accelerating Impact project is aimed at articulating the role of finance in supporting WealthWorks value chains in rural areas.Over two years, this project of the Tellus Institute has worked with ten projects on the ground…


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Financing the Evolving Role of the Value Chain Coordinator: Guiding Questions, Participant Insights

This report explores what we have learned about the roles value chain coordinators play in WealthWorks, how those roles may evolve, and various options for financing the coordinator role which is so essential to exploring and constructing WealthWorks…


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Guide to Crowdfunding for WealthWorks Value Chains: Understanding Options, Getting Started

This report was produced as part of a project to explore financing options for WealthWorks value chains. It describes crowdfunding and how it works, gives examples of different platforms and successful campaigns, and provides a step by step guide to…


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Case Study: Outcome Funding Evaluation for NESARE

This case study profiles Yellow Wood's work with the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (NESARE) to assess the impact of an outcome funding framework on principal investigators and beneficiaries of projects funded by NESARE.


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Case Study: Increasing the Use of Sustainable Wood Energy

This case study profiles Yellow Wood's work with the US Forest Service Wood Education Resource Center to increase the use of sustainable wood energy.  Yellow Wood worked with Richmond Energy Associates to provide independent, third party biomas feasibility…


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Innovation Economy Comes to Eight Towns: The GCT Process and the Triple Bottom Line

Profiles the experience of eight local governments in five states with Green Community Technologies©, an innovative inventory, analysis, and planning process that helps organize and identify the most pressing problems local governments are facing.
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Case Study: Municipal Asset Inventory to Meet Sustainability Goals

Barnstable County identified facility, fleet and infrastructure inventory as a key action item in their County Sustainability Project and used Yellow Wood Associates’ Green Community Technologies© to gain a clear understanding of the assets held in these…
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Parks and Beaches: Common Cents for the Common Wealth

Parks and Beaches: Common Cents for the Common Wealth quantifies the value of the park system as an engine of Massachusetts economic development. This value includes recreational tourism spending, recreational equipment spending, the timber industry,…


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Case Study: Cooperatives and Wealth Creation - a Pilot Study

This case study profiles Yellow Wood's work, in collaboration with the National Cooperative Business Association, to document the impacts cooperatives have on multiple forms of wealth in their communities. This work was undertaken as part of Yellow…


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Biomass Heating Analysis for Berkshire Hardwoods, Inc.

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment analyzing whether or not a semi-automated woodchip system makes sense for Berkshire Hardwoods, a family-owned business providing hardwood lumber throughout the Northeast and Canada.
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Is Woody Biomass Right for You?: Biomass Pre-Feasibility Reports

This publication provides overview information about the Wood Energy Utilization Services project and summary lists of the reports created for the project.


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Biomass Heating Analysis for Buckland Shelburne Elementary School

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment analyzing whether or not a wood pellet heating system makes sense for the Buckland Shelburne Elementary School.
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Colrain Central School

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment analyzing whether or not a wood pellet heating system makes sense for the Colrain Central School.
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Hawlemont Regional School

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment analyzing whether or not a wood pellet heating system makes sense for the Hawlemont Regional School
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Biomass Heating Analysis for Mohawk Trail Regional High School

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment analyzing both woodchip and pellet biomass scenarios for providing heat and hot water at the Mohawk Trail Regional High School
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Biomass Heating Analysis for the Winchendon School

This report is a pre-feasibility assessment specifically tailored to the Winchendon School outlining three different biomass scenarios that included a pellet system to serve the Main building; a pellet system to serve the string of buildings running along…
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Wood Energy Utilization Support Final Report: Appendices

These appendices contain supplemental material for the final report compiled by Yellow Wood, documenting work undertaken by Yellow Wood Associates and Richmond Energy Associates, on behalf of the USDA Forest Service, to identify potential candidates…


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Wood Energy Utilization Support Final Report: Executive Summary

An executive summary of work undertaken by Yellow Wood Associates and Richmond Energy Associates, on behalf of the USDA Forest Service, to identify potential candidates for biomass energy and provide biomass pre-feasibility studies. Yellow Wood worked…


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Wood Energy Utilization Support Final Report

A final report of work undertaken by Yellow Wood Associates and Richmond Energy Associates, on behalf of the USDA Forest Service, to identify potential candidates for biomass energy and provide biomass pre-feasibility studies. The report summarizes…


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Yellow Wood Notes, Fall 2010

Wealth Creation in Rural Commuities, Central Appalachian Network, Biomass Energy, Workforce Central, What's New at Yellow Wood? Winter Puzzler and Winter Reading


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