rural economy
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How To Organize a Rural Action Infrastructure
Discussion with rural leaders about working together across interests and regions to take advantage of opportunities.
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Learning to Grow Equitable Outdoor Recreation Economies
Discussion with rural leaders on the opportunity equitable outdoor recreation economies pose to rural areas.
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Translating Federal Opportunities into Local Resources: Ada Jobs Foundation
This short case study has insights and tips on how rural communities with limited staffing and resources can understand, prepare for, and compete for finite federal funds.
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Native Nation Building: It Helps Rural America Thrive
Native nations and rural communities, working side-by-side and together, can strengthen the potential for thriving rural regions.
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Turning Points: Doing Rural Development Differently
This book chapter highlights six action principles to “do economic development differently”—principles that shifts from the risky “winner takes all”...
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Rural Development: A Scan of Field Practice and Trends
What must happen for economic development to foster a more prosperous, healthier, equitable and environmentally sustainable rural America? This scan...
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The Electoral College and the Rural-Urban Divide
In the last two election cycles, much has been written and said about the disproportionate influence that rural voters and...
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Equitable Recovery and Resilience in Rural America
There are no easy solutions to the challenges facing rural America, but the pandemic and calls for racial justice have...
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Championing Rural Initiative: The Rural Development Innovation Group at Four Years
Over the past four years, the Rural Development Innovation Group has identified and highlighted what’s working in rural community and...
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A Few Things to Know About Rural America
Knowing what is true about rural places and people is a challenge. Too often, people lump all of rural America...
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Introducing Thrive Rural: Connecting Rural Development, Health and Opportunity
One in five people in the U.S. lives in a rural or tribal community. Many rural places are dynamic and...
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Rural Development Hubs Executive Summary
In this brief we preview initial topline findings from the Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group’s interviews with more than 40...