Rural Resources, Insights, and Collaborations by Aspen CSG and Partners
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.
Garrett County Community Action
Based on the Garrett County Community Action Committee Whole Family Approach Life Scale, the evaluation framework offers a comprehensive tool to assess various aspects of individual and family well-being across different domains. The Life Scale categorizes these domains into five levels, ranging from critical needs to optimal stability.
ReImagine Appalachia
ReImagine Appalachia’s whitepapers show that federal investments in the people, communities and infrastructure of Appalachia can work to revitalize the region.
Wisconsin Office of Rural Prosperity
The Blue Ribbon Commission on Rural Prosperity taps local perspectives on long-term, recent and future economic challenges facing the people, communities and businesses that make rural Wisconsin shine—and to turn ideas into action that increases economic activity and improves the quality of life for future generations.
Northland Foundation
Maada’ookiing, an effort of the Northland Foundation, offers support for Native American-led community building with grants now up to $5,000 to individuals or groups to strengthen culture and community.
WealthWorks
Worksheet and small group discussion questions tool from WealthWorks.
Center for Rural Affairs
Leaders are the life-blood of small towns and rural communities. A resource from the Center for Rural Affairs on rural leadership.
RuraLEAD Development Initiative
RuraLead explored these essential questions: Who gets to lead? Who has power in rural places? What constitutes good leadership? What does it look like in practice? How do people become leaders in rural communities? How do we strengthen and support rural leadership?
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Rural Development Initiatives (RDI) shares lessons from their Rural Community Leadership Program.
West Virginia Community Development Hub
Check out the West Virginia Community Development Hub’s case studies of leaders bringing hope and opportunity. These are the stories of real West Virginians who are making a difference.
Collective Impact Forum
Watch a recorded webinar from Impact Lufkin and hear about what they’ve learned starting a collective impact effort in rural Texas, including working with the Lufkin community.
Collective Impact Forum
A video recording of a coffee conversation focused on the outcomes of a rural collective impact effort in Montana.
Collective Impact Forum
Collective impact is a network of community members, organizations, and institutions who advance equity by learning together, aligning, and integrating their actions to achieve population and systems level change.
