Rural Development Hubs

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Q&A with MDC’s Brandy Bynum Dawson

MDC's Brandy Bynum Dawson shares insights on her work, her home, and the deep connection between the two.

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Learnings on Rural Migration and Displacement

Insights for communities to balance rural migration, retain longtime residents, and develop more equitable local economies.

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The Power of Rural Collaboration and Coalition Building

Jun. 17th, 2024, 4PM

Learn about capacity development, collaboration, and coalition building within rural development.

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Collaborative Strategies for Rural Health & Economic Prosperity

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.

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Funding Rural Futures: A Call to Action

What it will take to make more flexible and responsive funding available to rural development organizations serving low-income and persistent poverty rural regions?

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Equitable Economic Development Playbook Initiative

International Economic Development Council (IEDC)

IEDC’s Equitable Economic Development Playbook Initiative is IEDC’s flagship Race, Equity, and Economic Development program.

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Building Community Capacity in Rural East Texas

NPQ

What would it look like for rural civic infrastructure to thrive, not just survive, in the 21st century? Work in East Texas, where T.L.L. Temple and Communities Unlimited are teaming to develop bottom-up structural solutions to building rural capacity.

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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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Reimagine Appalachia Resources

ReImagine Appalachia

ReImagine Appalachia’s whitepapers show that federal investments in the people, communities and infrastructure of Appalachia can work to revitalize the region.

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RURAL LEADERS

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.

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RURALEAD

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?

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MEETING LEADERS WHERE THEY ARE

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Rural Development Initiatives (RDI) shares lessons from their Rural Community Leadership Program.