Innovators in Rural Community Economic Development

2010

Yellow Wood brings a special combination of content and process expertise to our work.

We invite you to explore our work.  Recent projects and presentations are listed below.  You can explore additional work using the various tags in the right hand column.

Wealth Creation in Rural Communities - Building Sustainable Livelihoods (WealthWorks)

Yellow Wood Associates is the managing grantee and thought leader for Wealth Creation in Rural Communities - Building Sustainable Livelihoods (now WealthWorks), an initiative of the Ford Foundation that seeks to improve rural livelihoods with a systems…

Wood Energy Utilization Services

In an effort to help the Northeast and Midwest meet their needs for renewable energy and greenhouse gas reduction through the sustainable utilization of woody biomass, the U.S. Forest Service engaged Yellow Wood Associates in conducting third party…

Town of Johnson Retail Food Enterprise

Yellow Wood conducted a feasibility study for a local retail food enterprise in the Town of Johnson, Vermont. The study included interviews with local food businesses, institutions and social service agencies to learn more about their desire and interest…

Identifying Potential Institutional Buyers of Sustainable Forest Products, Technical Assistance for Rural Action

Yellow Wood was asked to provide technical assistance to the Green Forest Products Collaborative to assess the level of demand opportunity in the region’s institutions and government agencies. Yellow Wood performed a scan of the region and identified…

Understanding the Potential of Thermal Biomass for the Adirondack North Country Economy

Samantha Dunn presented “Understanding the Potential of Thermal Biomass for the Adirondack North Country Economy” to the Adirondack North Country Association Board of Directors on June 15, 2010. This presentation was made as part of a panel discussion…

Vermont Community Development Association Annual Meeting, April 2010, "Chart Your Community’s Future: The Role of Planning in the Current Crisis"

At the Vermont Community Development Association’s Annual Meeting in April 2010, Shanna Ratner presented Green Community Technologies® and facilitated exercises in skilled listening, skilled inquiry and skilled advocacy with Vermont planners and U.S.D.A.…

Alliance for Nonprofit Management Annual Conference, 2010, "You Get What You Measure: An Alternative Strategic Planning and Evaluation Tool"

Melissa Levy presented “You Get What You Measure: An Alternative Strategic Planning and Evaluation Tool” at the 2010 Alliance for Nonprofit Management Conference in St. Louis, Missouri. Participants received an overview of a strategic planning and…

Results Are In! Vermont Environmental Consortium (VEC) Defines Vermont's Environmental Sector with Green Survey

Samantha Dunn, along with Tom Broido of ATC Associates, a Vermont Environmental Consortium (VEC) board member, presented a webinar to the Vermont Chamber of Commerce on the results of a survey to identify Green Workforce Training Needs and Opportunities…

Becoming a Measurement Guide Training, May 2010

The May 2010 class of Measurement Guides included Jeremy Phillips, Jeremy Phillips Consulting, Massachusetts; Ora Grodsky, Just Works Consulting, Massachusetts; and Samantha Dunn, Yellow Wood Associates. Since 2002, Yellow Wood has been offering professionals…

Community Roadmap to Renewable Woody Biomass Energy

Yellow Wood partnered with the Biomass Energy Resource Center (BERC) to develop the Community Roadmap to Renewable Woody Biomass Energy: A step-by-step decision-making tool for NH communities through a contract…

Dissemination Planning for the Community Roadmap to Renewable Woody Biomass Energy

Yellow Wood assisted the North Country Resource Conservation and Development Area Council and Roadmap development partners in planning for dissemination of the Community Roadmap to Renewable Woody Biomass Energy.

Save Passamaquoddy Bay / Canada, Public Meeting: The Future of LNG in the Bay

As part of a public meeting on the future of LNG in the Bay, Shanna Ratner presented on Potential Economic and Fiscal Impacts of LNG Terminals in the Passamaquoddy Bay Region, based on work prepared for the State of Maine Technical Working Group in…

Evaluation, Capacity Building, and Technical Assistance Services for The Community Foundation of Greater South Wood County

Yellow Wood was the local evaluator for Workforce Central, an initiative of the Community Foundation of Greater South Wood County (now Incourage Community Foundation) and its strategic partners funded by the National Workforce Solutions Fund (NWSF).…

Vermont's Environmental Sector: Identifying Green Workforce Training Needs and Opportunities

Yellow Wood was engaged by the Vermont Environmental Consortium (VEC) to define Vermont’s environmental sector, survey the sector to improve the understanding of the workforce education and training needs of these firms and survey schools, organizations…

You Get What You Measure® in Use for the Vermont Community Foundation

Yellow Wood worked with the Vermont Community Foundation and the United Way of Addison County to use You Get What You Measure® with each organization’s grantees, a diverse group of organizations operating in Addison County, Vermont, to learn more about…

Expanding Sustainable and Community-based Food Systems Project Evaluation

Yellow Wood Associates evaluated the second half of the Wallace Center's Expanding Sustainable and Community-based Food Systems project funded by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. The multi-faceted project included regranting to four organizations involved…

Wholesale and Regional Food Hub Conference

Yellow Wood worked with the National Good Food Network, in partnership with the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, Project for Public Spaces, and the National Association for Produce Market Managers, to facilitate a meeting at the Wholesale and Regional…

Value Chain Write Shop 2 - Sponsored by USDA Agricultural Marketing Service and Wallace Center at Winrock International in partnership with National Good Food Network

Shanna Ratner facilitated the second of two values-based value chain writeshops for the Wallace Center at Winrock International. The Value Chain Research Collaboration Project, a partnership between the Agricultural Marketing Service and the Wallace…

Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition 10th Annual Policy Meeting

Shanna Ratner, Principal, presented on "Local Wealth Creation, Diversification and Retention."  This presentation provided an overview of the wealth creation approach to rural development and the Ford Foundation's…

Measurement Workshop, Washington DC, March 2010

Melissa Levy presented a full-day public workshop on the You Get What You Measure® process in Washington, DC. Attendees came from NOAA, the US Forest Service, the US Department of Agriculture, and the US EPA.