Resource Database

The mission of AERO is to empower communities to nurture and promote a more sustainable Montana. By bringing people together, AERO offers a vehicle for collective action and a sense of common purpose for citizens within their communities to shape a more sustainable future.

We work with you to develop projects and to move the regional economy forward. This happens as a result of local engagement and regional collaboration with knowledge of and access to local, state and federal programs designed to assist the people we serve. We have a proven track record of project development and strive to ensure positive results. Let us help you grow your business, your community and the region.

The Community Tool Box is a service of the Center for Community Health and Development at the University of Kansas. The Community Tool Box offers thousands of pages of tips and tools concerning community development topics such as community assessment, planning, intervention, evaluation, and advocacy.

This toolkit contains resources for best practices, planning, community engagement, funding, launching, installing and amplifying your art and rural placemaking activities.

MDU Resources Group, Inc. provides individuals, groups, and communities funding via grants for projects involving health and human services, education, civic and community activities, culture and arts, and the environment.

The Montana Community Foundation works to create permanent philanthropy, build stronger communities, work with donors, charitable organizations, cities and towns, and play a critical role in both philanthropic and community development. The Montana Community Foundation offers a number of competitive grant opportunities for qualified organizations.

In this site NADO provides publications, webinars, workshop materials, and other information on a variety of topics and themes including economic resilience, entrepreneurship, community engagement, downtown redevelopment, food systems, and other areas.

The National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD) promotes the use of dialogue, deliberation, and other innovative group processes to help people come together across differences to tackle challenging problems. An impressive variety of resources are available for download at their website.

The National Consortium for Creative Placemaking (NCCP) offers continuing training and certification surrounding the creative placemaking process.

This white paper summarizes the question: 'What is creative placemaking?' It reviews the purpose, goals, resources needed, potential partners and challenges of creative placemaking. Also included are several case studies from communities around the U.S.