biostudies-literatureKammer-Kerwick MCynthia and George Mitchell FoundationWilliam E. and Josephine B. Buchanan Family Foundation3023-3047https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9213640biostudies-literatureUnknown17(5)We analyze survey data from 5,487 residents of 85 Texas communities, including rural communities, small towns, medium-sized cities, and the five largest urban centers, to model the influence of the degree of urbanity and rurality of a community as well as residents' social position, values, and their satisfaction with local assets. The paper's central argument is that a wide range of factors impact how community members think about their needs and thus should be considered in any community development process. This human-centered approach looks at how community specific factors impact economic and quality-of-life development project preferences in support of adapting community development decision-making processes according to the context of each community. For the sake of parsimony, this Applied research in quality of lifeAsset-Based, Sustainable Local Economic Development: Using Community Participation to Improve Quality of Life Across Rural, Small-Town, and Urban Communities.PMC9213640Cynthia and George Mitchell FoundationWilliam E. and Josephine B. Buchanan Family FoundationKellison JBKammer-Kerwick MTakasaki KSternberg JfalseAsset-Based, Sustainable Local Economic Development: Using Community Participation to Improve Quality of Life Across Rural, Small-Town, and Urban Communities.We analyze survey data from 5,487 residents of 85 Texas communities, including rural communities, small towns, medium-sized cities, and the five largest urban centers, to model the influence of the degree of urbanity and rurality of a community as well as residents' social position, values, and their satisfaction with local assets. The paper's central argument is that a wide range of factors impact how community members think about their needs and thus should be considered in any community development process. This human-centered approach looks at how community specific factors impact economic and quality-of-life development project preferences in support of adapting community development decision-making processes according to the context of each community. For the sake of parsimony, this 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z20222025-04-04T03:06:17.914Z2025-02-19T05:06:17.157ZS-EPMC92136403575642910.1007/s11482-022-10051-1