Innovators in Rural Community Economic Development

Yellow Wood Associates

Yellow Wood Notes, Summer 2015

Yellow Wood in Transition; Update on Our Work; WealthWorks; Presentations; Measurement; Staffing News; Reading & Watching


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You Get What You Measure®: A Process to Determine and Measure Progress in Community Development

This CD Practice article describes You Get What You Measure®, a process that integrates participatory planning and systems thinking into the development of strategic measures so that communities can monitor progress toward community development goals.…


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You Get What You Measure®

This video describes You Get What You Measure®, Yellow Wood's trademarked approach to strategic planning that incorporates measurement and can be used as a framework for evaluation. The video also shares…


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You Get What You Measure: Public Workshops

Join us for public workshops that provide an introduction to Yellow Wood’s unique approach to strategic planning and measurement, You Get What You Measure®. The approach integrates systems thinking to identify key leverage indicators, and aligns actions…


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Becoming a Measurement Guide: Training Brochure

Twice a year, Yellow Wood Associates, Inc., of St. Albans, VT, offers professionals with facilitation skills the opportunity to learn how to deliver You Get What You Measure®. In development and use for over fifteen years, You Get What You Measure®…


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Case Study: Addressing threatened water resources (Ottertail)

The City of Ottertail faced development pressure and pressing water system issues. Yellow Wood developed a suite of recommendations to provide Ottertail with an action plan for addressing threats to the city’s water quality in a systematic way. This work…
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Why did Yellow Wood create Green Community Technologies?

Provides an overview of the need for communities to assess their infrastructure needs and make sustainable, systemic decisions about how to address infrastructure and wastewater challenges.
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Getting Smart: Smart Growth, energy efficiency, and public facilities.

This article by Ann Ruzow Holland profiles Yellow Wood’s Green Community Technologies© work in Minnesota, New York, and Vermont in the context of sustainable approaches to rural community infrastructure. Analyzing alternative approaches was in each community’s…
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Yellow Wood: Charting a Path to Durable Communities

Profiles Yellow Wood's work with the Town of Richmond and the Green Community Technologies approach, which emphasizes using a combination of a municipal inventory, green alternatives research, and life cycle costing to select the most cost effective and…
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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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Case Study: Helping small communities meet their water-related needs

An overview of Yellow Wood's work with the West Central Initiative and three Minnesota communities around water systems and water infrastructure. Yellow Wood used the Green Community Technologies© process to assess needs and make recommendations for…


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Case Study: Water resource stewardship (Battle Lake)

Yellow Wood worked with Battle Lake to identify stormwater issues that, if addressed, would effectively preserve the quality of streams and watersheds. This work was part of Yellow Wood's Green Community Technologies© work in Minnesota, funded by the…
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Case Study: Water resource stewardship (Brandon)

Yellow Wood looked systematically at the City of Brandon’s water resources. Yellow Wood's recommendations addressed water conservation, efficiency of water treatment equipment, wastewater infiltration and stormwater. This work was part of Yellow Wood's…
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Case Study: Exploring Green Technologies to Meet Municipal Building Needs

In working with the Town of Franklin, Yellow Wood’s goal was to help maximize the use of existing assets and minimize the amount of new construction required to meet Town goals. This case study highlights the town of Franklin's needs and the alternative…
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Case Study: Exploring alternative wastewater technologies to meet small town growth

The Town of Hinesburg asked Yellow Wood Associates, Inc. to research alternative ways of increasing their wastewater capacity beyond expanding their wasterwater treatment plant, using their Green Community Technologies© process.
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Yellow Wood Notes, Fall 2007

Derby, New Gloucester, America's Byways, NESARE, What's New at Yellow Wood?, Fall Puzzler and Fall Reading


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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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Yellow Wood Notes, Summer 1997

Redefining the Role of the Consultant; A Brief Introduction to Learning Communities; Update on Our Work; Recent YWA Publications; Suggested Reading; YWA's New Web Site; Vermont Computer Lingo


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Yellow Wood Notes, Summer 1998

YWA Receives Small Business Innovation Research Grant; Options for Agriculture; Community Learning Teams; Participatory Tools for Information Gathering; Options for a Vermont Telecommunications Center; Right Brain Work-Out; Tom Says Goodbye


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Yellow Wood Notes, Spring 2007

National Network of Forest Practitioners; Green Community Technologies, etc.; What's New at Yellow Wood?; Spring Puzzler and Spring Reading


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Yellow Wood Notes, Spring 2008

Ford Foundation, You Get What You Measure©, Green Community Technologies©, What’s New at Yellow Wood?; Spring Puzzler and Spring Reading


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Yellow Wood Notes, Spring 2012

Update on Our Work: Value-Added Producer Grant Feasibility Studies, Wealth Creation in Rural Communities, Measurement News, Connecting Rural Communities to Wealth, Creation Concepts, Green Community Technologies©


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Yellow Wood Notes, Summer 2000

Using Community-Based Measurement; Social Capital; What's Next for See the Forest?; Performance Standards for Community Services; Environmental Technologies and Rural Development; National Community Forestry Center; Celebrating Our Fifteenth Birthday


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Yellow Wood Notes, Summer 2001

Updates on Our Work; A Summer Puzzler; Using a Listserv to Create Connections; National Community Forestry Center Update; Mike Ballard joins the staff of YWA


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Yellow Wood Notes, Summer 2002

Green Community Technologies; YWA as Project Manager; Surveying Vermont's Airport; Economic Impacts of School Location; New YWA Staff; Island Pond Wood Workers Alliance; Union County Farmers; Tricks of the Trade: "Breaking the Ice"; Summer Puzzler…


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Yellow Wood Notes, Summer 2003

Updates on Our Work; What Our Former Clients Are Doing; Developing Rules for Effective Group Work; New YWA Staff; Summer Puzzler and Summer Reading


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Yellow Wood Notes, Summer 2004

Updates on Our Work; Update on Past Clients; Stories for the Northern Forest; Action to Outcome Mapping; What's New at YWA?; YWA Now on GSA; Summer Puzzler and Summer Reading


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Yellow Wood Notes, Summer 2005

Update on our Work; News from Former Clients; What's New at Yellow Wood?; Collecting Information that Matters; Summer Puzzler and Summer Reading


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Yellow Wood Notes, Summer/Fall 2006

Update on our Work: Measurement, Community Forestry, Home Town Competitiveness, and More; What's New at Yellow Wood?; Summer Puzzler and Summer Reading


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Yellow Wood Notes, Summer 2011

Update on Our Work: Community Roadmap to Renewable Woody Biomass Energy; Wealth Creation in Rural Communities; 25th Anniversary Party; You Get What You Measure© Presentations


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Yellow Wood Notes, Winter 2000

Project Updates; A New Evaluation Model for Business Development; Participatory Research; A New Resource for Rural People in Forest Communities; Recommended Winter Reading; Enhance Your Communication with Chiasmus


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Yellow Wood Notes, Winter 2001

Updates on Our Work; Technological Options for Rural Communities; Measuring Missouri; A Real Tough Puzzler; National Community Forestry Center; New Faces; Coming of Age in St. Albans, VT


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Yellow Wood Notes, Winter 2002

Training for Measurement Guides; Promote Learning with a Game of Jeopardy; Assisting Displaced Furniture Makers; See the Forest SM Heads South


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Yellow Wood Notes, Winter 2003

YWA Gets Trade Mark; Defining a Researchable Question; What Our Former Clients Are Doing; National Community Forestry Center; Spoonerisms


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Yellow Wood Notes, Winter 2004

Updates on Our Work; Update on Former Clients; Telling Stories for the Northern Forest; Using the Dialogue Method; Winter Puzzler and Winter Reading


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Yellow Wood Notes, Winter 2005

Update on our Work; Updates on Former Clients; Stories for the Northern Forest; A Tool for Increasing Effectiveness of Board Members; What's new at YWA?; Winter Puzzler and Winter Reading


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Yellow Wood Notes, Winter 2006

Update on our Work; News from Former Clients; What's New at Yellow Wood?; The Power of Visualization; Winter Puzzler and Winter Reading


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Yellow Wood Notes, Spring 2009

Wealth Creation in Rural Communities; Central Appalachian Network; Biomass Energy; Adirondacks; What's New at Yellow Wood?; Spring Puzzler and Spring Reading


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Yellow Wood Notes, Winter 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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Yellow Wood Notes, Winter 2013

Wealth Creation in Rural Communities; Green Community Technologies©; Update on Agricultural Work; Measurement News; WealthWorks


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Yellow Wood Notes, Winter 1999

Focus on Forest Products; Public Market Feasibility Study; Community Forest Stewardship; YWA Hires New Research Intern; Adirondack Study Tour; Skills for Effective Communication; ...And a Challenging Puzzler


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Becoming a Measurement Guide

This video highlights the Becoming a Measurement Guide training offered by Yellow Wood.


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You Get What You Measure- Progress You Can See

This brochure highlights the You Get What You Measure© process, available training and workshop formats, past clients. Quotes throughout provide feedback from clients and participants on their experiences with You Get What You Measure.©


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Yellow Wood Notes, Fall 2013

Launch of updated Yellow Wood website; Green Community Technologies©; Update on our Work; Measurement News; WealthWorks


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Yellow Wood Notes, Summer 2014

Update on Our Work; Measurement News; WealthWorks; Mapping the Strength of Your Region's Capitals; Conferences and Presentations


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Yellow Wood Notes, Spring 2015

Update on Our Work; Measurement News; Tool: Value Propositions as a Collaboration Tool; WealthWorks; Staffing News; Reading & Watching


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