Wealth Building

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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.

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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.

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Growing Equitable Outdoor Recreation Economies

Discussion with rural leaders on the opportunity equitable outdoor recreation economies pose to rural areas.

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Sustaining Momentum in Rural Development

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Anita Brown-Graham describes the key components of lasting development in rural communities. She shared these insights in her keynote at the...

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Using Relational Leadership to Build Power Together

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.

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Thrive Rural Reflection: Local and Systems Level Assets

Many resources center asset-framing as primarily a household-level and local issue. But what is the systems-level responsibility for acting on assets?

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The ABC’s of Cooperative Impact

NCBA CLUSA

Analysis of cooperatives in a number of different economic sectors.

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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...