Community & Economic Development

Explore these resources to promote inclusive economic prosperity for county residents.

NACo’s Housing Affordability Task Force examined housing challenges and highlighted county-led solutions to address the housing affordability and inventory crisis. The task force identified intergovernmental and public-private strategies to enhance housing affordability and stability.

The Building Resilient Economies in Coal Communities initiative connects coal communities, supports local leaders and builds capacity in under-resourced communities to advance new approaches and projects for economic diversification. 

NACo works to strengthen county resiliency by building leadership capacity to identify and manage risk, and allow counties to become more flexible and responsive.

The Counties for Career Success (C4CS) initiative supports counties in enhancing pathways to education and employment. Each C4CS cohort receives technical assistance, expert guidance and peer learning opportunities to develop cross-sector plans that improve job access and learning opportunities for residents.

The U.S. Department of Defense Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative Program helps manage encroachment and incompatible development near military installations. The program forms partnerships that protect military operations from restrictive development and strengthens long-term relationships between the Department of Defense and counties.

The Creative Counties Placemaking Initiative, developed with Americans for the Arts and supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, provides county leaders with tools to integrate the arts into local solutions.