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Funding Rural Futures: Executive Summary

Executive Summary for Future Rural Futures: Call to Action. Get quick takeaways and recommendations for more equitable funding models.

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The Rural Aperture Project – Aspen CSG

The Rural Aperture Project from the Center on Rural Innovation is intended to provide all those advancing rural prosperity — from practitioners...

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NAFTA: An Assesment

Document summarizes the central provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and evaluates the economic impact of the agreement.

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Impacts of Gambling on Resident Satisfaction with Community Life

Paper reports on the testing of select hypotheses predicting the response of residents of gambling communities in assessing satisfaction with community life

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Gilpin County Regional Planning Commission Resident Recreation and Parks Survey

This report, presents the findings of a resident recreation and parks survey conducted in February 1993 for Black Hawk, Central City, and Gilpin County, Colorado. The study was a cooperative effort between the Regional Planning Commission, the University of Colorado at Boulder, and The Aspen Institute.

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Availability of Capital in Rural America

This report explores how financial market shifts impact rural capital access, highlighting challenges and solutions through public and private initiatives.

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The Future of Rural Development Hubs

Mar. 4th, 2025, 9AM

This invite-only learning & action event is grounded in Aspen CSG's Rural Development Hubs model. 

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Thrive Rural Framework: Local-Level Building Blocks

Local-Level Building Blocks highlight conditions in rural places and regions that individual can act on by themselves.

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Rethinking Rural Development

Report explores the increasing role of local government in improving holes in the development net that state and federal governments would otherwise overlook.

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A Handbook for State Policy Teams for a Competitive Workforce

Purpose of this handbook is to describe the methodology of the Investing in People Project; describe what happened to the state teams during the project; summarize what the teams achieved; and distill lessons from other states that may wish to consider undertaking such a project.

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Draft Report of “The Role of Services in Rural Growth and Development”

This document, titled "REPP-1990-Howland.pdf," is a research paper from the University of Maryland's Institute for Urban Studies, dated January 5, 1990, and addressed to Maureen Kennedy at the Aspen Institute. The paper discusses the role of services in rural economic growth, focusing on direct-export and import-substituting services.