Rural Knowledge Center

Rural Resources, Insights, and Collaborations by Aspen CSG and Partners

Four Principles for Fostering Community Well-Being with Asset-Based Development

Insights and recommendations to foster rural & Indigenous well-being with asset based development.

Community and Economic Development Topics

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3 LESSONS FROM A STORYTELLING PODCAST

Hattaway Communications

Hattaway Communications interviews Brookings Institute Senior Fellow Tony Pipa on his podcast Reimagine Rural. Tony shares three best practices for challenging negative cultural narratives through storytelling.

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SMALL TALK WITH COMMUNITIES UNLIMITED

Communities Unlimited

Small Talk with Communities Unlimited (CU) is a new podcast for rural communities to help highlight the challenges they face and introduce solutions CU is using to address them.

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NARRATIVE CHANGE

Strengthen ND

Case studies and reports from StrengthenND about narrative change around newcomers to North Dakota

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EQUITABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

The community development sector mobilizes and invests more than $200 billion in public and private resources to improve the quality of life in neighborhoods that historically have been excluded from opportunity.

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RWJF CULTURE OF HEALTH BLOG

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

It’s time to think differently about investing in rural America and the way we approach health and equity across its diverse communities. New research and resources show the critical connection between health, rural community and economic development.

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RURAL PLAYBOOK

Build Healthy Places

Playbook of rural hospitals pioneering creative partnerships with community development that pave the way for further investments in their communities.

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RURAL VOICES FOR CONSERVATION COALITION

Rural Voices Coalition

Our approach is to strengthen and empower the voices of rural leaders on issues such as collaborative all-lands stewardship, renewable energy, climate change, and local workforce development.

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THE YONDER REPORT

The Daily Yonder

The Yonder Report is a short, fast-paced roundup of rural news, featuring a wide variety of rural voices. Despite the news media’s consolidation into big cities, stories coming from thousands of small communities across the country are no less urgent and relevant to our national conversation.

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RURAL COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE PARTNERSHIP

Rural Community Assistance Partnership

RCAP elevates rural voices by sharing the latest news, stories, reports, and insights sourced from our work with rural and tribal communities across the country.

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THE RURAL POLICY ACTION REPORT

Rural Democracy Initiative

The Rural Democracy Initiative identified top rural policy priorities for the year for federal and state-based policymakers and advocates. Each issue area includes policy priorities, example legislation, and the context for how these issues impact people in rural communities.

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LEAD LOCAL

Lead Local

A collaborative that brought together well-respected local power-building leaders in the fields of community organizing, advocacy, and research to examine the relationship between community health and power building.

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ERADICATING RURAL POVERTY: THE POWER OF COOPERATION

Nonprofit Quarterly

Rural America is far more diverse than how it is portrayed in media and popular culture. This series from Partners for Rural Transformation and NPQ highlights that topic and efforts to address multi-generational poverty.