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The Case of Rural UDAG Grants
Document provides background into nature of Urban Development Action Grant Program (UDAG), differentiated from other programs in that the grants require letters of commitment from the developer and at least 2.5 dollars of private investment for every dollar of UDAG funds.
Funding Rural Futures: Executive Summary
Executive Summary for Future Rural Futures: Call to Action. Get quick takeaways and recommendations for more equitable funding models.
Prospects for Remote Branch Plant Regions in the International Economy
Paper highlights lack of competition that rural communities provide given out-sourcing and low-wage production sites in developing nations.
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...
Skill Assessment, Job Placement, and Training: What Can Be Learned from the Temporary Help/Staffing Industry?
Final report of project entitled the "Rural Economic and Community Development State Policy Academy."
Resources for Rural Communities
Aspen CSG serves as a connecting hub for equitable rural community and economic development. We design and facilitate action-inducing peer learning among rural practitioners, national and regional organizations, and policymakers. We build networks, foster collaboration, and advance best practices from the field.
Justin Archer Burch
President & CEO of Delta Compass and the Washington County Economic Alliance
Foreign Investment, Industrial Linkages, and Regional Development.
Study focuses on the regional and rural implications of foreign direct investment in the United States (FDIUS).
Equitable Recovery and Resilience in Rural America
There are no easy solutions to the challenges facing rural America, but the pandemic and calls for racial justice have...
School-to-Work: A Guide for State Policymakers
Paper focus on state-level system-building strategies related to school-to-work systems that connect traditional educational experiences to work-place learning.
Creating Rural Opportunity: A State Rural Economic & Community Development Policy Academy, A Progress Report on the First Year of a Three Year Project
Materials provide detailed report on the first year of a three year project entitled the "state Rural Economic and Community Development State Policy Academy.
Thrive Rural Theory of Change Working Group (2019-2021)
The Theory of Change Working Group for Thrive Rural is a broad array of leading practitioners, academics, and experts from...