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Results: 74 Publications found
for Community Affairs, Local Government, and Taxation
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Access and Allocation of Water in Pennsylvania
This 20-page publication provides an overview of water rights for citizens, farmers, rural business owners, and elected and appointed officials. It introduces the legal background, terms, and issues about water rights. The discussion is introductory and does not provide legal advice regarding water rights conflicts, nor is it a substitute for advice from a qualified lawyer.
Department:
Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
Catalog Number:
UA445
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Agricultural Water Use in the Allegheny/Monongahela/Ohio River Basins
2002 agricultural water use regulations in the Allegheny, Monongahela, and/or Ohio River basins. Note: Available in PDF only; not available in hard copy from the Publications Distribution Center.
Department:
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Catalog Number:
F-201
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An Introduction to County Government
This 16-page publication covers the role, functions, and operation of Pennsylvania county government. It reviews the history of counties in Pennsylvania and discusses the functions performed by counties, the overall organization of county government (including elected and appointed officials), and the sources of the money counties use to provide their services.
Department:
Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
Catalog Number:
UA321
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Calculating a Cost of Community Services Ratio for Your Pennsylvania Community
Land use in a community affects its citizens taxes and quality of life. Some communities have found that measuring the impacts of different land uses is helpful for understanding community tax issues. This 24-page publication covers the basics of conducting a Cost of Community Services ratio in a community. It reviews the results from several Pennsylvania studies, details the steps involved in conducting such a study, and discusses how to interpret the results. Note: This publication is available in PDF only; it is not available in hard copy from the Publications Distribution Center.
Department:
Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
Catalog Number:
UA327
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Charting the Future of Our Community: Workbook 1--Setting Our Course
Charting the Future of Our Community is a strategic visioning process designed to help communities plan for and control their future. The program is facilitated at the local level by trained facilitators in a series of four three-hour meetings. This 16-page workbook is the first in a series of four used to facilitate the charting process. Note: This publication is available in PDF only; it is not available in hard copy from the Publications Distribution Center.
Department:
Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
Catalog Number:
UA362
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Charting the Future of Our Community: Workbook 2--Where We Are
Charting the Future of Our Community is a strategic visioning process designed to help communities plan for and control their future. The program is facilitated at the local level by trained facilitators in a series of four three-hour meetings. This 12-page workbook is the second in a series of four used to facilitate the charting process. Note: This publication is available in PDF only; it is not available in hard copy from the Publications Distribution Center.
Department:
Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
Catalog Number:
UA363
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Charting the Future of Our Community: Workbook 3--Where We Want to Be
Charting the Future of Our Community is a strategic visioning process designed to help communities plan for and control their future. The program is facilitated at the local level by trained facilitators in a series of four three-hour meetings. This 16-page workbook is the third in a series of four used to facilitate the charting process. Note: This publication is available in PDF only; it is not available in hard copy from the Publications Distribution Center.
Department:
Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
Catalog Number:
UA364
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Charting the Future of Our Community: Workbook 4--Making the Trip
Charting the Future of Our Community is a strategic visioning process designed to help communities plan for and control their future. The program is facilitated at the local level by trained facilitators in a series of four three-hour meetings. This 20-page workbook is the last in a series of four used to facilitate the charting process. Note: This publication is available in PDF only; it is not available in hard copy from the Publications Distribution Center.
Department:
Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
Catalog Number:
UA365
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Choosing Our Direction: Setting the Stage--A Primer on Strategic Planning and Visioning
This workbook is the first in a series of five designed to assist in developing an effective strategic plan to help strengthen and sustain an organization's achievements. This booklet will help explain the strategic planning process, including who should be involved and what is needed to be done to make it successful. It will also access whether an organization is prepared to undertake such an effort.
Department:
Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
Catalog Number:
UA394
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Choosing Our Direction: Workbook 1--What Do We Do Now?
One of five workbooks in the Choosing Our Directions series, this workbook takes the necessary first step of asking the question: "What are we doing now?" Because effective planning is ultimately geared toward developing and implementing a plan for addressing gaps between what is done now and what needs to be done in the future, only by having a realistic view of what an organization currently does--and why--can the process of putting together an effective long-term plan be begun.
Department:
Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
Catalog Number:
UA395
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Choosing Our Direction: Workbook 2--What Shapes Our Future?
One of five workbooks in the Choosing Our Directions series, this workbook helps to better understand the larger context and environment in which a group exists and the forces that might affect its future. It also helps to put together these internal and external factors in an organized framework so that important decisions about a group's future direction, structure, and focus can be made.
Department:
Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
Catalog Number:
UA396
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Choosing Our Direction: Workbook 3--What Are We Going to Do?
For a group to plan for the future, it is important that the group has goals that the members understand and agree upon. One of five workbooks in the Choosing Our Directions series, this workbook examines an organization's structure, activities, the external and internal forces that affect its future, and strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. This workbook takes the information gleaned from Workbooks 1 and 2 to help review or create a mission and vision statement, identify and prioritize group goals, and match those goals to the group's organizational structure.
Department:
Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
Catalog Number:
UA397
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Choosing Our Direction: Workbook 4--Making It Happen
The other workbooks in the Choosing Our Direction series have addressed the questions, "What do we do now?", "What shapes our future?", and "Where are we going?" The challenge now is to "make it happen"--to ensure that information, goals, and consensus you have developed to this point are transformed into a feasible and effective action plan. This action plan will provide you with the road map you'll need to stay on course, ensure accountability, and evaluate your successes. Strategic planning without this follow-through to implementation is simply a waste of time.
Department:
Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
Catalog Number:
UA398
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Farm Economics: "If it seems toO good to be true. . ." Evaluating Tax Shams
This is a brief overview of current tax-sham schemes that are marketed by various tax protestor groups. All have proven unsuccessful and have caused great financial hardship on people who enter in such tax avoidance schemes. This article covers the more popular schemes and what to avoid. Note: Not available in hard copy from the Publications Distribution Center.
Department:
Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
Catalog Number:
XA0017
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Farm Economics: Agricultural Trade Options
Discusses alternative strategies to meet potential production and income implications of price volatility. Note: Not available in hard copy from the Publications Distribution Center.
Department:
Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
Catalog Number:
XA0018
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