Wealth Building
RESOURCES TO SUPPORT AFRICAN AMERICAN LAND RETENTION
Sustainable Forestry and African American Land Retention Network
Find out more about the SFLR network and the difference we are making on the ground for Black family landowners in the U.S. South through our videos and news stories. Share these videos on your channels and help us create a system of support for African American forest owners.
KEEPING RURAL BUSINESSES OPEN ACROSS GENERATIONS
The Daily Yonder
Selling a company to its employees could be a way to preserve small town and rural businesses with generations of tradition behind them. Rob Brown from Business Ownership Solutions has some advice on how to do it.
Learning to Grow Equitable Outdoor Recreation Economies
Discussion with rural leaders on the opportunity equitable outdoor recreation economies pose to rural areas.
Growing Rural Equitable Outdoor Recreation Economies
Jun. 9th, 2023, 1PM
How is your community using outdoor recreation to grow sustainable, healthy livelihoods for families and new economic futures for your region?
Mapping a New Terrain: Executive Summary
Executive Summary document for Mapping a New Terrain: A Call to Action. Get quick takeaways and recommendations for action on equitable outdoor recreation development.
Mapping a New Terrain: Call to Action
As new rural outdoor recreation economies take root, we can meet this moment by improving how we do outdoor recreation development to better support rural families, businesses, and workers, create more sustainable and equitable economic systems, and improve local health and wellbeing.
Connecting to Family, Community, and Heritage in Eagle Butte, South Dakota
Brookings Institution
In a podcast episode, Brookings Senior Fellow Tony Pipa visits Eagle Butte, South Dakota, to hear how local business owners, tribal administrators, and leaders from the Four Bands Community Fund are working to build credit and center local voices in development.
Building Power Together: Sustainable Forestry and African-American Land Retention Network
This short case study has insights and tips on how communities that have been historically and systematically excluded can develop authentic and effective leadership that builds power to challenge the status quo.
A Thrive Rural Reflection: Assets at the Local and Systems levels
Many resources center asset-framing as primarily a household-level and local issue. But what is the systems-level responsibility for acting on assets?
What (and Who) Counts? Defining Rural Development Success
There are no easy solutions for the many challenges that rural Americans face, but it’s clear that rural communities themselves...
Thrive Rural Framework Overview
The Thrive Rural Framework is a new tool to help you take stock, target action, and gauge progress on rural prosperity. We...
Thrive Rural Framework: Foundational Element
The Thrive Rural Framework is a new tool to help you take stock, target action, and gauge progress on rural prosperity. We...