Rural Knowledge Center

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

Collaborative Strategies for Rural Health & Economic Prosperity

Insights and recommendations to do rural development and rural health differently—moving collectively toward equitable rural development with projects grounded in place and a people-centered vision of community impact.

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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.

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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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N.C.’S BORDER BELT INDEPENDENT PROVIDES A NEW APPROACH TO RURAL JOURNALISM

The Daily Yonder

Read this Daily Yonder article about a nonprofit newsroom in southeast North Carolina helping change the journalism landscape in four rural counties.

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Resources to Advance Rural Prosperity & Racial Equity

ChangeLab Solutions

Resilience and ingenuity are hallmarks of rural communities, stemming from their unique cultural and social histories. Given the diversity and varied strengths in rural places, policy solutions need to be tailored to the conditions and lived experiences of people in those communities.

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Advancing Regional Action Infrastructure

Jul. 18th, 2023, 1PM

Learn how rural practitioners are advancing regional action infrastructure and how your community can strengthen regional networks and work across communities.

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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...