Rural Community Development Web Tour
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The Story of the Impact of Internet on Dillon, MT:

SJ Mercury News front page article on impact of Internet in Dillon, Montana
http://www0.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/special/ruralwest/docs/dillon.htm
Dillon-net http://dillon-net.org   Read their story at http://lone-eagles.com/chap2.htm

Exceptional Sites and Resources

Entrepreneurship Web Tour  http://lone-eagles.com/entrelinks.htm
Ebay Online Auctions http://www.ebay.com
Youth Entrepreneurship http://youngbiz.com     
Ebiz for Teens http://library.advanced.org/28188   
A 14 year old from Jamaica won a Thinkquest award for this site!!

Government, Corporate, and Foundation Ecommerce Resources

Lone Eagle Grantwriting Tips and Sources http://lone-eagles.com/granthelp.htm
A simple introduction to writing grant proposals http://lone-eagles.com/mira2.htm
Federal Ecommerce Resources http://www.ecommerce.gov
Cisco/SBA Ecommerce Courses http://www.sba.gov/classroom/courses.html
Transitioning from Welfare to the Workforce http://www.workers.gov
Washington Telework Tools http://www.energy.wsu.edu/telework/tools.htm
Kellogg's MIRA project 1998-2000 http://www.wkkf.org
Taos MIRA project nine team projects  http://www.taosmira.net
AOL Rural Innovation Awards  http://ruraltelecon.org/aolawards/aol00/aolawards.asp
Youth World Trade Training http://www.wbe.net   Sponsored by the Reis Foundation
         http://www.reisfoundation.org  Youth entrepreneurship focus
Adult and Youth Entrepreneurship Training Resources
http://www.emkf.org/ 
The Kauffman Foundation has a billion dollar endowment for funding youth and entrepreneurship programs. To review their free training resources, select Entrepreneurship, then Entrepreneurship resources! Also hosting http://www.entreworld.org , listing extensive resources for entrepreneurs.
Entrepreneurs Foundation http://www.the-ef.org
Enterprise Foundation http://www.enterprisefoundation.org
Roberts Foundation http://www.redf.org
Social Venture Partners http://www.svpseattle.org
Silicon Valley Community Ventures http://www.svcv.org
Community Development Financial Institution Fund http://www.treas.gov.cdfi
Brainerd Foundation http://www.brainerd.org

Regional Community Networks and Virtual Incubators:

Idaho Virtual Incubator http://www.idahovirtualincubator.org
Louisville virtual incubator http://trc.louisville.edu/__virtual_incubator_affiliates.html
Oregon Innovation  http://www.oregoninnovation.org/  
Central Oregon Regional Community Network http://centraloregon.org
Wisconsin virtual incubator http://virtualincubate.com
Missouri Association of Community Information Networks (37) http://www.macin.org/
NCKCN's new site  (North Central Kansas Regional Community Network) http://kansascommunities.org

Women's Entrepreneurial Networks

Women's Rural Economic Network http://www.wrencommunity.org http://www.shopthewrens.com
Collectively Making the Ordinary Extraordinary
Women's Economic Self-sufficiency Team (WESST) Artisans, Taos, NM   http://www.wesstartisans.com/
The Women's Business Center at Coastal Enterprises, Inc.
http://www.ceimaine.org/women     Betsy Tipper
Helping Maine women grow their businesses through telecommunications.

Best Practices Sources: Community Associations, Guides, and Networks

Association for Community Networking http://www.afcn.net
Good Neighbor's Guide to Community Networking http://lone-eagles.com/cnguide.htm
Community Networking Guides Directory http://lone-eagles.com/chap11.htm
New Free Community Networking Guide from Blackburg Electronic Village
http://www.bev.net/project/digital_library/      http://www.bev.net
Order a free copy online.
Davis Community Network http://dcn.davis.ca.us/
SnoNet http://www.snonet.org/
Prairienet http://www.prairienet.org
Over 500 local businesses and organizations have web sites posted.
Includes text-based conferencing in a web-accessible format.
La Plaza Telecommunity http://www.laplaza.org
A rural tri-cultural community network which was the first to use a graphical interface.
A + Community Mentors http://www.vrd.org/locator/alphalist.html
The simplest format for creating a community talent database and mentoring program.

Specific Web Business Models

Marysville, KS  Garden of Eden Gifts  http://www.gardenofedengifts.com
Angus Bulls http://angusbulls.com
Herbal Supplements  http://affordablesupplements.com
Brend wood gift services (specialty gift items) can be reached through   http://greatbend.com

Recommended First Community Action Initiatives with 3 mini-courses  
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