Interested in learning more about developing the organizational capacity of your downtown committee? The following organizations will offer approaches related to community building and organizational capacity building, in areas related to downtown revitalization:

Click on one of the following topics:

o Regional Organization Resources
o National and International Organization Resources

Regional Organization Related Resources

Allegheny County Economic Development
http://economic.alleghenycounty.us/

Allegheny County Economic Development
http://economic.alleghenycounty.us/economic_dev/economic_dev.aspx

Allegheny County
Department of Minority, Women and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises
http://www.alleghenycounty.us/mwdbe/

Community Technical Assistance Center (CTAC)
http://ctacpittsburgh.org/

Local Government Academy
Offers educational programming and grant funding related to local
government issues
www.localgovernmentacademy.org/

PA Downtown Center
www.padowntown.org

Sustainable Pittsburgh
Offers a free e-newsletter as well as educational workshops related to
sustainability
www.sustainablepittsburgh.org

10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania
www.10000friends.org

National and International Organization Related Resources

Cool Town Studios
www.cooltownstudios.com

International Downtown Association
www.ida-downtown.org

National Trust for Historic Preservation
www.nationaltrust.org

National Main Street Center
www.mainstreet.org

Project for Public Spaces
www.pps.org

Resources for Volunteer Managers
ServiceLeader.org
http://www.serviceleader.org/leaders

The Community Toolbox
Offers a vast array of free resources to help support you in
organizational capacity building
http://ctb.ku.edu/en/

Volunteer Resources
ServiceLeader.org
http://www.serviceleader.org/volunteers