This article discusses reasons people join local community social media groups and provides best practices for those who manage and moderate those groups.
Exploring food deserts, swamps, data gaps, and innovative mapping solutions to strengthen food access across Pennsylvania's urban and rural communities.
For the strategic plan to fulfill its full potential, it needs to be continually monitored for items such as relevancy and progress on recommended actions.
This map represents FCC data in terms of broadband service for the purpose of enabling bidders to better estimate their project costs in providing service to locations not having broadband services as defined by the FCC.
Lebanon County is the newest Pennsylvania community to be awarded funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as part of the Well-Connected Communities (WCC) project.
This article is part of a series of discussions on community, community development, civic engagement, leadership, and local development in Pennsylvania.
This paper is part of a series that will include specialized papers on civic engagement, community action, and other topics important to the development of community throughout Pennsylvania.
By Elsa Sánchez, Ph.D., Francesco Di Gioia, Ph. D., Thomas McCann, Robert Berghage, Ph.D.
The Extension On the Road crew traveled to Philadelphia to meet farmers and their community partners and get a look at how farming is used to build community, as educational spaces, and to produce food in urban areas.
This article is part of a community development discussion series. This series includes specialized papers on civic engagement, community action, and other related topics to community development.
By Suzanna Windon, Ph.D., Aastha Adhikari, Grant Norfleet
Building on CQ's four dimensions, this article explores its pivotal role in strengthening cross-cultural relationships for success in diverse business, educational, and healthcare settings.
This article explains how developing the four dimensions of cultural intelligence (CQ) helps individuals communicate effectively, build trust, and succeed in diverse workplaces and communities.
A synthesis of literature allowed us to group existing resources and tips into strategies that can help community leaders increase parental involvement in 4-H youth programs.
By Tanja Hernandez, Mary Kate Berardi, Mark Brennan
This paper is part of a series that will include specialized papers on civic engagement, community action, and other topics important to the development of community throughout Pennsylvania.
By Tanja Hernandez, Mary Kate Berardi, Mark Brennan
This paper is part of a series that will include specialized papers on civic engagement, community action, and other topics important to the development of community throughout Pennsylvania.
By Tanja Hernandez, Mary Kate Berardi, Mark Brennan
This paper is part of a series that will include specialized papers on civic engagement, community action, and other topics important to the development of community throughout Pennsylvania.
Penn State Extension launched a geospatial tool to map PA's food system, showing how spatial data supports decisions across farming, processing, retail, and community planning.
By Tanja Hernandez, Mary Kate Berardi, Mark Brennan
This paper is part of a series that will include specialized papers on civic engagement, community action, and other topics important to the development of community throughout Pennsylvania.
By Mary Kate Berardi, Tanja Hernandez, Mark Brennan
This paper is part of a series that will include specialized papers on civic engagement, community action, and other topics important to the development of community throughout Pennsylvania.
This article examines strategic engagement in the agricultural workforce, its importance, and how simple, effective practices can strengthen workers’ commitment to their roles and the farm’s future.
This article shares practical ideas and a real-life case study showing how intrinsic motivation can boost worker morale, strengthen retention, and drive success on the farm.
This pocket-sized guide provides annotated roadside photographs of typical and common farm types in Pennsylvania and is intended as an introduction to farmology--the study of farms and farming.
This paper is part of a series that will include specialized papers on civic engagement, community action, and other topics important to the development of community throughout Pennsylvania.