Rural Development Hubs
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...
Still Open for Business: Working with Minority-Owned Rural Firms through the Pandemic
Jul. 22nd, 2020, 2PM
STILL OPEN FOR BUSINESS POWERPOINT Racially and ethnically diverse populations comprise 21 percent of rural America—but produced 83 percent of...
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...
Rural Development Hubs Report
This report focuses on the role — and aggregates the wisdom — of a specific set of intermediaries that are doing development differently in rural America. We focus on Rural Development Hubs because they are main players advancing an asset-based, wealth-building, approach to rural community and economic development.
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...
HOW DO RURAL COMMUNITIES IN THE US IMPLEMENT COLLECTIVE IMPACT?
FSG
FSG’s blog explores how Collective Impact—an approach where organizations from different sectors agree to solve a specific social problem by using a common agenda, aligning their efforts, and using common measures of success—has been implemented successfully across multiple types of geographies.
Rural “Enterprise Development Intermediaries”
Report highlights the unique role intermediaries play in the development process in rural communities.
Smart Firms in Small Towns
This book provides overview of small to medium enterprises (SMEs) within the context of "third-wave" state economic development policy; by which policy is marked by emphasis on strategies such as public-private partnerships, establishing regional networks, developing industrial clusters, and increasing human capital.