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Prosperity Summit 2025
Building Community Wealth from Within: Rural and Indigenous Approaches to Entrepreneurial Prosperity
Wealth Creation in Rural & Indigenous Places
Sep. 19th, 2023, 2PM
Learn how rural practitioners are advancing equitable prosperity and economic development in a way that embraces and strengthens the unique assets of rural regions.
Economic Development Strategies of the Great Plains
Paper seeks to examine how state government in Great Plains states see their role in economic development.
Demographic Aspects of the Changing Rural Labor Force
This report, "Demographic Aspects of the Changing Rural Labor Force" by Daniel T. Lichter (1991), provides an overview of the challenges facing the rural labor force in America, particularly in the 1980s, and proposes a research agenda for the 1990s. The introduction highlights the shift from optimism in the 1970s to a "new economic reality" in the 1980s for rural America, marked by recession, the "farm crisis," increased global competition, and a return to rural outmigration and slow employment growth.
Southern Regional Policy Center: Questions & Answers
Question & Answer document serves as brief introductory document to the Southern Regional Policy Center goals in developing and furthering regional economic policy.
Support Local Efforts for Eastern Kentucky
See our curated list of local resources and organizations aiding relief and recovery in Eastern Kentucky.
Rural Resources – Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group
Would You Like To Swing on a Star? Opportunities to Improve Education in Kentucky’s Fifth Congressional District
This report, "Would You Like To Swing on a Star? Opportunities to Improve Education in Kentucky's Fifth Congressional District," was prepared by the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development (MACED) in May 1986. It addresses the intertwined problems of poor economic conditions and educational attainment in Kentucky's Fifth Congressional District, which had the lowest percentage of high school graduates in the nation at the time.
Navigating The Rural Green Economy’s Challenges and Solutions
Find solutions to rural sustainability challenges. Explore how rural leaders are building resilient, community-centered green economies.
The Slowdown in Nonmetropolitan Development: The Impact of Economic Forces and the Affect on the Distribution of Wages
Paper explores the divergence in nonmetropolitan and metropolitan development over the past decade by addressing three questions.
Pioneers of Progress: Policy Entrepreneurs and Community Development, Volume I
This report, "Pioneers of Progress: Policy Entrepreneurs and Community Development, Volume One," examines the role of non-governmental organizations in shaping state economic development policy in the U.S., particularly in the early 1990s.
Empowered Problem-Solving Teams at Motorola
Paper briefly outlines Motorola Inc.'s mission statement and corporate ideolo