Abstract
The Citizen‐Led Economic Development Project facilitates a leadership role in rural economic development for people with disabilities and agencies that serve them. If people with disabilities and human service agencies are involved in economic development activities, it is anticipated that local decision‐making will better address their interests. Using Project guidelines, people with disabilities lead a community economic assessment using “import substitution” and “value‐added” economic development strategies. Human service agencies use recommendations from the community assessment to build linkages with local economic development leaders and stakeholders. This paper describes the first two implementations of the Citizen Led Economic Development Project in Eastern Utah and Northeastern Vermont.
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