Building Regional Strength: A Call to Action
Insights and recommendations to build healthy, thriving rural & Indigenous regions.
Rural Knowledge Center
Rural Resources, Insights, and Collaborations by Aspen CSG and Partners
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Addressing the News: Information Gap in Rural America
Oct. 7th, 2022, 1PM
How is your community thinking and acting on the issue of access to quality news coverage in rural communities and Native nations, as well as building trust and accurate rural narratives through national media?
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Rural Workforce for Clean Energy & Electric Vehicles
With the recent funding boost and equity lenses in mind, we’ve highlighted two ways climate and infrastructure policies offer exciting opportunities for rural.
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BUILDING NARRATIVE POWER FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE
Nonprofit Quarterly
See slides from BROKE Project which examines the stories people tell about poverty and wealth, and builds new narratives rooted in the wisdom of lived experience, narrative power, organizing for economic justice, and social science.
Research Brief
The Potential of the CHIPS and Science Act for Rural America
Brookings Institution
The CHIPS and Science Act passed with bipartisan support and marked a major investment in America’s scientific research and technology leadership. What benefits could the legislation have for rural places?
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The ABC’s of Cooperative Impact
NCBA CLUSA
Analysis of cooperatives in a number of different economic sectors.
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USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
USDA
Programs and initiatives from USDA focused on conservation.
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Grounded Solutions Network
Grounded Solutions Network
Resources on community land trust and strengthening neighborhoods from the Grounded Solutions Network.
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CORI Rural Toolkit
Center on Rural Innovation
Looking for a toolkit to inform your rural digital economy ecosystem strategies? Hoping to better visualize the challenges facing rural...
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IRSG Rural Organizing Dialogue Series
Neighborhood Funders Group
In a dialogue series hosted by the Integrated Rural Strategies Group, funders come together to learn from rural leaders — and each other — about recent developments and best practices in equitable rural development.
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Raising the Roof: Solar on Rural and Tribal Housing
Rural LISC
Despite its many benefits, communities still face numerous challenges to financing and installing solar. Hear from housing solar experts on their experience deploying solar in rural and tribal communities using a nonprofit development model, and from a Rural LISC partner on shared lessons from a recent solar feasibility study.
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Improving Rural Capital and Credit Access
What are some of the major capital and credit trends right now for rural practitioners?
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Rural Playbook
Playbook of rural hospitals pioneering creative partnerships with community development that pave the way for further investments in their communities.