Infrastructure and Services
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Brief program title or description
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Assisting Rural Leaders
with Solid Waste Issues
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Assisting Rural Leaders
with Providing Health Services
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Assisting Rural Leaders
in addressing other community service problems
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Brief program objectives
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- Provide technical assistance for:
a. landfills
b. transfer stations
c. recycling
2. provide educational materials
for solid waste issues
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1. provide technical assistance
for
a. measuring economic impact
b. community planning
c. health budgets
2. Intense hands on planning assistance
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Provide technical assistance for other
community services such as budgets for Fire, EMS, Water.
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Primary audience(s)
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County and Community Leaders
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County and Community
Leaders
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County and Community Leaders
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Anticipated future direction (growth,
stability, decline, changes)
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Stable
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Growth
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Stable
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Local Government
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Brief program title or description
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County Government Officials Training
Program, CTP
By law, this is a joint effort between
OCES and OSU’s Center for Local Government Technology, an arm of
Engineering Extension.
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Local (mostly county) Government Financial
Analysis
Individual county trend reports.
Statewide statistical reports, some
funded.
Professional publications.
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4-State Heartland Community Development
Conference
AR, KS, MO, and OK Extension hosted
annual conference. Themes address regional needs in rural development.
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Brief program objectives
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1. Teach duties and responsibilities
to elected county officers and staff.
2. Enhance professionalism.
3. Improve efficiency
4. Improve technical skills
5. Be a reference and resource
19 O.S. § 130.5 states objectives.
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Research, reports, publications, and
presentations regarding local government finance issues.
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Address current vital needs of rural
communities such as water, technology infrastructure, tourism development,
and transportation, with national and regional experts, discussion
groups, and community success stories.
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Primary audience(s)
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County government officials and their
staff
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Local government officials and community
leaders.
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Rural community leaders, chamber members,
regional dev. personnel.
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Anticipated future direction (growth,
stability, decline, changes)
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Stability; perhaps some growth.
Factors: officer turnover, changing
laws, steady to increasing interest.
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Growth. Expansion into more specific
areas such as sales & use tax for cities or property tax issues.
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Uncertain. KS support declining. MO
retirement.
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Economic Development
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Brief program title or description
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Blueprints for Economic Development
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PRIDE: Customer Service and Hospitality
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Healthy Communities Initiative
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Brief program objectives
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Assist communities in identifying
alternative strategies for economic diversification. Training provided
along with technical assistance such as: data/trends analysis; retail
trade/gap analysis; economic impact analysis; business retention/expansion;
and target industry analysis.
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Education program for front line employees
and managers designed to enhance hospitality and promote quality
customer service.
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Multi-disciplinary team project (4H,
Ag, FCS, RD) designed to promote efforts in community assistance.
Includes a Sun-Up segment (weekly) as well as a web presence.
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Primary audience(s)
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Community Leaders
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Community Leaders and Businesses
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Community Leaders
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Anticipated future direction (growth,
stability, decline, changes)
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Growth-more web presence
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Stability-possible growth
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New focus-builds on existing efforts-some
growth in start-up
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