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.

Community and Economic Development Topics

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Systems-Level Building Blocks Explination
Thrive Rural Framework: Systems-Level Building Blocks

The Thrive Rural Framework is a new tool to help you take stock, target action, and gauge progress on rural prosperity. We...

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BUILDING MOMENTUM FOR YOUR LONG-TERM VISION

Citizens' Institute on Rural Design

Webinar recording from Citizens Institute on Rural Design. Lessons help your team build momentum for your long-term vision.

Blog
HEALING-CENTERED LEADERSHIP: A PATH TO TRANSFORMATION

Nonprofit Quarterly

This article is from the Winter 2021 issue of the Nonprofit Quarterly, “We Thrive: Health for Justice, Justice for Health,” and was adapted from The Four Pivots: Reimagining Justice, Reimagining Ourselves by Shawn A. Ginwright (North Atlantic Books, 2022).

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PATHWAYS TO SECURING RURAL FEDERAL FUNDING

The Ford Family Foundation

The Ford Family Foundation and Sequoia Consulting’s research analyzes the causes of inequitable access to public funds and develops recommendations to access public funding streams from federal and state governments.

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COMMUNITY RESILIENCE ESTIMATES TOOL

United States Census Bureau

The US Census Bureau’s Community Resilience Estimates (CRE) program tool includes a new dashboard and data that helps users understand their communities’ social vulnerability and equity.

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Enduring Capital for Rural Prosperity Report Cover
Securing Capital for Rural Prosperity

This third in the Thrive Rural Field Perspectives series offers a call to action to restructure and reorient public, private...

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Native Nation Building Report Cover
Native Nation Building: It Helps Rural America Thrive

Native nations and rural communities, working side-by-side and together, can strengthen the potential for thriving rural regions.

Research Brief
Rural Health Practices Report Cover
Rural Development & Health Alignment Opportunities

This first in the Thrive Rural Field Perspective Series describes the main trends and catalysts for change that emerged from...

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Turning Points: Doing Rural Development Differently report cover
Turning Points: Doing Rural Development Differently

This book chapter highlights six action principles to “do economic development differently”—principles that shifts from the risky “winner takes all”...

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CAPTURING SHARED IMPACTS OF THE PARTNERS FOR RURAL TRANSFORMATION

Urban Institute

With a goal to transform the fortunes and futures of rural and Native communities, the Partners for Rural Transformation (PRT) centers community needs and hopes in its work.

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THREE WAYS TO PROMOTE EQUITABLE RURAL INVESTMENTS

Urban Institute

Urban Institute highlights three ways practitioners, policymakers, and investors can use their new mapping tool to promote equitable investments for all types of rural communities.

Research Brief
Community Strategies Group Thrive Rural, Rural Public Health and Health Care: A Scan of Field Practice and Trends, by University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Rural Public Health and Health Care Trends

This field scan is a contribution to Thrive Rural, specifically intended to provide an understanding of the state of relevant...