Municipal Enterprise

SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS

American Public Power Association
www.appanet.org
The American Public Power Association is the trade association for publicly owned electric utilities. APPA serves to help keep publicly owned utilities competitive in today’s market through a variety publications, networking, and information services.

Appalachian Regional Commission
www.arc.gov
The Appalachian Regional Commission is a U.S. government agency responsible for promoting economic development in the Appalachian region. Agency activities include the publishing of research reports, as well as grants and loans to promote small business development.

Council of Development Finance Agencies
www.cdfa.net
The Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA) is a national association comprised of the leading members of the development finance community representing more than 165 public, quasi-public and private companies involved in municipal and development finance throughout the United States. The Council was formed in 1982 with the mission to strengthen the efforts of state and local development finance agencies fostering job creation and economic growth through the use of tax-exempt and other public-private partnership finance programs and vehicles.

Council of State Community Development Agencies
www.coscda.org
COSCDA represents the interest of state community development agencies with special focus on issues concerning affordable housing, local economic development and state-local relations.

Free Press: Community Internet Campaign
www.freepress.net/communityinternet
Free Press is a national organization working to generate policies that will produce a public interest-oriented media system with a strong nonprofit and noncommercial sector. Its Community Broadband campaign website has a map showing municipally-owned networks across the country and links to information about related federal, state, and local legislative campaigns.

Government Finance Officers Association
www.gfoa.org
The Government Finance Officers Association is a trade association of government finance officers in Canada and the United States. The association has published articles both in favor and against city ownership of hotels in its trade publication, Government Finance Review.

International City/County Management Association
www.icma.org
The International City/County Management Association is a professional and educational organization that represents local government administrators throughout the U.S. and the world. Membership services include policy research and analysis, networking, workshops and symposiums, as well as online research services.

International Economic Development Council
www.iedconline.org
Established via a merger of the Council of Urban Economic Development (CUED) and the American Economic Development Association (AEDC), the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) is a large membership organization for economic and community development professionals. It provides resources such as information, research, and technical assistance to local development specialists in both the public and private sectors.

National Association of Development Organizations
www.nado.org
The National Association of Development Organizations is a public interest group that provides a variety of services for regional development organizations across the U.S., including training, advocacy, and research in support of a regional approach to economic development.

National Association of Regional Councils
www.narc.org
The National Association of Regional Councils is a nonprofit membership organization serving the interest of regional councils and metropolitan planning organizations nationwide, conducts research, and promotes regional economic development strategies among its members.

National Association of Towns & Townships
www.natat.org
Founded in 1976, the National Association of Towns & Townships
focuses its research and advocacy efforts on serving the leaders of
11,500 member townships. Association goals include preserving local
authority and control in telecommunications and promoting federal
support for local economic development programs, water and wastewater
infrastructure, brownfields redevelopment, rural roads and bridges.

National Council for Public Private Partnerships
www.ncppp.org
The National Council for Public-Private Partnerships aims to advocate and facilitate the formation of public-private partnerships, and to raise the awareness of governments and businesses of how their cooperation can cost effectively provide quality public goods, services and facilities. Their web site makes available nearly 50 case studies, as well as many papers and presentations.

National Governors Association
www.nga.org
The National Governors Association (NGA) is the collective voice of the nation's governors. The NGA also operates the Center for Best Practices, which focuses on state innovations on a wide range of issues, including economic development.

National League of Cities
www.nlc.org
The National League of Cities was founded in 1924 as a representative organization for America’s cities. The NLC has since expanded to include over 18,000 municipal members. Through a variety of programs NLC works to educate and assist both government officials and public servants in their capacity as policymakers.

Municipal Waste Management Association
www.usmayors.org/uscm/mwma
Affiliated with The United States Conference of Mayors, MWMA is dedicated to and driven by the needs of municipal solid waste directors, environmental commissioners and public works professionals and is a good source of information regarding municipal-owned environmental businesses, as well as general city-led environmental and recycling efforts.

Rural Community Assistance Partnership
www.rcap.org
The Rural Community Assistance partnership engages in applied research, policy development, public education, and advocacy on rural issues, with a focus on issues of community infrastructure.