Building Regional Strength: A Call to Action
Insights and recommendations to build healthy, thriving rural & Indigenous regions.
Rural Knowledge Center
Rural Resources, Insights, and Collaborations by Aspen CSG and Partners
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DESIGN THINKING FOR RURAL INNOVATION
SUNY Geneseo
Design thinking, or Human Centered Design, is a process for creative problem solving used by various sectors that puts people at the center of the design process.
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JUST TRANSITION FUND
Just Transition Fund
The Just Transition Fund is on a mission to create economic opportunity for the frontline communities and workers hardest hit by the transition away from coal.
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EXPLORING STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND EQUITY IN RURAL COMMUNITIES
The Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
The NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis conducted formative research to enhance understanding of strengths and assets in rural places, identify key partners and change agents, and identify opportunities to leverage assets to improve rural health and equity.
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KEEPING WEALTH LOCAL
Community-Wealth.org
Resources do not represent community wealth unless communities own and control them. This handbook looks at various kinds of shared ownership.
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DEVELOPING REGIONAL ECONOMIC CONNECTIVITY: KEY FACTORS AND STRATEGIES FOR URBAN AND RURAL COMMUNITIES
National League of Cities
Case studies and recommendations for practitioners and leaders to advance an economic connectivity framework that not only drives growth but also contributes to more equitable economies in which all people can participate, prosper and reach their full potential.
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WEALTH CREATION A NEW FRAMEWORK FOR RURAL ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
WealthWorks
A new book by WealthWorks coach Shanna Ratner that explores building wealth locally and asset-based economic development.
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HOUSING CAN’T WAIT
Housing Can't Wait
Housing Can’t Wait is a grassroots initiative to address the need for immediate single-family homes for residents who lost their houses in the devastating 2022 Eastern Kentucky flooding.
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Seven Vital Conditions for Health and Well-Being
Community Commons
The Seven Vital Conditions for Well-Being is a useful framework for conceptualizing holistic well-being and the Conditions that give rise to it, as well as identifying levers for community change and improvement.
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Annual Disability Statistics Collection
Center for Research on Disability
The Annual Disability Statistics Compendium, Annual Report on People With Disabilities, the Build Your Own Statistics tool, and infographics gather disability statistics published by many federal agencies into one place. They’re helpful for lawmakers and others who are working on laws or policies about disabilities, and for those writing grants for programs for people with disabilities.
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EXPLORE REGIONAL WEALTH BUILDING Module
WealthWorks
WealthWorks for Your Region: An Introduction provides an overview of four primary components of the WealthWorks approach. This PDF focuses on Module 1: Explore Regional Wealth Building.
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HOW THE CENTENNIAL STATE IS LEADING ON EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP: A PROFILE OF COLORADO’S EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP OFFICE
Aspen Institute - Employment & Jobs
A brief from Aspen on strategies and practices implemented by Colorado’s Employee Ownership Office to better understand how employee ownership can be supported and grown.
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Youth and Young Adult Wellbeing
Forum for Community Solutions
This report identifies common themes of well-being across the three cultural contexts.