2025 Conference Sponsors

CDS deeply appreciates our generous Sponsors who help us to provide the 2025 CDS Annual Conference.

CDS Gold Sponsors

From the family-owned business on Main Street, to the farmer’s market, to the sprawling cattle ranch, local businesses help communities thrive. At Rural Prosperity Nebraska, faculty, students, and community leaders couple research with on-the-ground experience to build prosperity through community engagement, welcoming cultures, leadership development, community economic development, placemaking, and regional food systems.

The Purdue Center for Regional Development’s vision is to be a leader in innovative and adaptive partnerships that empower regions to find solutions for equitable, sustainable, and resilient development. The Center collaborates with people to listen, identify, and enhance assets unique to their story, creating prosperity and quality of life.

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources connects the power of UC research in agriculture, natural resources, nutrition and youth development with local communities to improve the lives of all Californians.

The University of Minnesota Extension Extension engages Minnesotans to strengthen the social, civic, economic and technological capacity of their communities. They help create vibrant communities and enhance skills and knowledge in economics, leadership and civic engagement and tourism.

CDS Silver Sponsors

Communities thrive when residents feel heard and work together. At Community Heart & Soul® we help engage people, build trust, and uncover what truly matters to a community. By grounding planning and action in local priorities, our proven, step-by-step program has led to meaningful, lasting outcomes in over 130 small cities and towns across the country.

Hobart and William Smith’s Center for Community Engagement and Service-Learning (CCESL) stands for learning through service that produces students who are civically engaged and graduates who are active, global citizens. CCESL envisions a sustained, engaged relationship with the community through the Geneva Partnership that promotes positive community change and enhanced student learning. Proudly ranked #1 for service by the Washington Monthly, we support students as they cultivate citizenship skills through experiences including alternative spring break trips, youth tutoring, service-learning classes, and voter registration efforts. CCESL proactively communicates with community partners, and serves as a bridge to help ensure awareness of campus programs and initiatives.

Cornell AgriTech, part of Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, enhances the health of people, the environment, and the economy of New York state and beyond through cutting-edge food and agricultural science. By harnessing the latest techniques, technologies, and research, Cornell AgriTech drives economic growth and provides practical solutions that empower farmers and businesses to flourish.

CDS Bonze Sponsors

Purdue Extension Community Development strengthens the capacity of local leaders, residents, businesses, and organizations to build resilient, vibrant, and sustainable communities through research-based resources and processes.