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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Southern Regional Policy Center: A Prospectus

Prospectus serves as brief road map for the Southern Regional Policy Center at the University of North Carolina umbrella.

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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.

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Innovation and Challenges for State Rural Councils

Document serves a conceptual tool to help define, guide, and measure the process of organizational change into the State Rural Development Councils (SRDC).

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Gilpin County Regional Planning Commission Report

Report details findings of survey that assess the recreation and park needs of residents of the three governmental entities (Black Hawk, Central City and Gilpin County).

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NAFTA: An Assesment

Document summarizes the central provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and evaluates the economic impact of the agreement.

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New Businesses, Entrepreneurship, and Rural Development: State Policies and Generating Rural Growth from Within

Explore strategies for fostering rural growth through entrepreneurship and state policies in this comprehensive report by Aspen CSG.

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Representing Rural America: Development Needs and Policy

This report summarizes the survey over thirty experts in the rural economic development sphere (directors of grassroots rural organizations, policy institutes, rural advocates, state and federal government officials, congressional aides, academics, and general policy experts.)

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Greater Expectations: The South’s Workforce is The South’s Future

Paper states Southern workforce should direct policy focus on skill training to keep up with changing economic tides and industries.

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Small Stakes Gambling in Rural Communities: Policy Implications for State Government

Report seeks to examine experiences of Deadwood, SD and Central City, Black Hawk, and Cripple Creek, CO communities in regards to gambling presences in order to foster and promote thoughtful state government policy on small stakes gambling.

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The Institutional Failure of National U.S. Rural Policy

Document summarizes what the author sees as a failure of rural policy at the federal level, as trapped in an agricultural policy domain.

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Exploding Myths about Rural Entrepreneurship

Report provides insight into five case studies in Iowa, North Dakota, Maine, Arkansas, and Michigan that show disparate rural economies in order to better develop strategies for rural new business entrepreneurship.

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On the Edge of Homelessness: Rural Poverty and Housing Insecurity

This article seeks to broaden the general understanding of rural homelessness and examines trends in rural housing that reduce the ability of poorer residents to secure adequate shelter.