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Collaboration and Innovation for a Better Rural West

Insights from rural leaders working across divided local public opinion, fractured economies, confusing policy and regulation, and litigation to forge productive local partnerships that benefit rural communities and their surrounding landscapes.

Try This at Home: Create a Family Lifeline to Weather Financial Storms

Could we construct a way for an investor, a bank, and a philanthropy in our community to team up to make consumer loans to families in distress? In doing so, could we create a blueprint that communities could also use in the wake of a natural disaster or other community crisis?