Report examines the possibilities and pitfalls of efforts to build flexible manufacturing networks. Document is based on three days of convening hosted at the Aspen Institute in Colorado in July 1992. Discussions focused on challenges and successes of inter firm collaboration or ‘networking’ in manufacturing and economic development fields both in the United States and abroad.
Executive Summary for Future Rural Futures: Call to Action. Get quick takeaways and recommendations for more equitable funding models.
Executive Summary for Unlocking Potential: Call to Action. Get quick takeaways and recommendations for action on weaving health and development.
Insights and recommendations to do rural development and rural health differently—moving collectively toward equitable rural development with projects grounded in place and a people-centered vision of community impact.
What it will take to make more flexible and responsive funding available to rural development organizations serving low-income and persistent poverty rural regions?
Executive Summary document for Mapping a New Terrain: A Call to Action. Get quick takeaways and recommendations for action on equitable outdoor recreation development.
As new rural outdoor recreation economies take root, we can meet this moment by improving how we do outdoor recreation development to better support rural families, businesses, and workers, create more sustainable and equitable economic systems, and improve local health and wellbeing.
By shaping accurate narratives, we can drive fair and just investments and policies that honor the people and places at the heart of rural and Indigenous communities.
MDC's Brandy Bynum Dawson shares insights on her work, her home, and the deep connection between the two.
As we've seen with previous disasters, the surest way to ensure equitable and targeted support is through the local organizations on the ground who have been doing the work before the disaster hits and will be there long after the cameras and national organizations recede.
Insights for communities to balance rural migration, retain longtime residents, and develop more equitable local economies.
Sep. 10th, 2024, 3PM
Join this informal Zoom discussion on what will it take for rural communities to balance new residents, retain longtime residents and cultural traditions, and develop more equitable local economies.
Executive Summary for Future Rural Futures: Call to Action. Get quick takeaways and recommendations for more equitable funding models.
