Community Voice
Field Based Rural Placemaking: Event Recap
This post-event blog has concrete rural placemaking strategies and takeaways relevant to communities of every size.
Field Based Rural Placemaking: What Works Fast, Now, and on a Shoestring
Nov. 2nd, 2023, 2PM
Join this webinar for concrete placemaking strategies and takeaways relevant to rural communities of every size—even the most isolated and least resourced.
How To Organize a Rural Action Infrastructure
Discussion with rural leaders about working together across interests and regions to take advantage of opportunities.
Community Heart and Soul
Community Heart and Soul
Community Heart & Soul is a resident-driven process that engages the entire population of a town in identifying what they love most about their community, what future they want for it, and how to achieve it. Developed and field-tested over a decade in partnership with over 120 small cities and towns across America, Community Heart & Soul is a proven process for engaging a community in shaping its future.
Welcoming International Blog
Welcoming International
Inspiring change: Reflections on welcoming newcomers into rural communities in Australia and the United States
Rural Assembly Everywhere Radio
Rural Assembly
Everywhere Radio, hosted by Whitney Kimball Coe, features rural leaders and allies spotlighting the good, scrappy, joyful ways rural people are building a more inclusive nation.
MEETING LEADERS WHERE THEY ARE
Federal Reserve of St. Louis
Rural Development Initiatives (RDI) shares lessons from their Rural Community Leadership Program.
Welcoming America Rural Welcoming Initiative
Welcoming America
Participants in the Rural Welcoming Initiative (RWI) access technical assistance and coaching, free Welcoming America membership, and ongoing learning opportunities to strengthen welcoming efforts in rural communities. Communities will be tasked with cultivating relationships, examining their current policies and programs, and aligning their local immigrant inclusion efforts to the Welcoming Standard.
SIX WAYS TO INSPIRE MOMENTUM IN YOUR SMALL TOWN
Rural Revival
Rural Revival shares list of six things that will help you build momentum, cast vision, and get people excited.
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT—A CHECKLIST FOR RURAL EDUCATION SYSTEMS
Office of Elementary & Secondary Education
A blog to help ensure their stakeholder engagement approaches are effective in rural districts.
REIMAGINE APPALACHIA COMMUNITY BENEFITS MATERIALS
ReImagine Appalachia
ReImagine Appalachia has gathered tools and resources on community benefit agreements that are useful for all rural communities.
RURAL STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
Rural SE Hub
A resource on rural stakeholder engagement from Scotland.