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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Economic Development Strategies of the Great Plains

Paper seeks to examine how state government in Great Plains states see their role in economic development.

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A Common Bond: Issues and Responses in South Carolina’s Coastal Tourism Development

This paper represents effort by the Palmetto Conservation Foundation to bring issues in coastal tourism in South Carolina into focus.

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A Case Study of Brush, Colorado

This document contains a case study of Brush, Colorado, wherein researchers examined local community health through field research and qualitative surveys.

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National Trust’s Main Street Program as Rural Tool

Paper highlights the Main Street Program of the National Trust for Historical Preservation.

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The Changing Great Plains Economy: New Directions for Economic Policy

Paper examines the economic changes at work in the Great Plains.

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Overview of Change in America’s New Economy

Document serves an interim report of Phase 1 of the Great Plains Project.

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Rural Strategies & State Development Budget

Paper provides insights from 50 collected interviews with rural development administrators and practitioners in Texas.

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Smart Firms in Small Towns: An Overview

This book provides overview of small to medium enterprises within the context of "third-wave" state economic development policy.

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Business Finance as a Tool for Development (book)

This book provides insight into successful development finance strategies, focusing on Linked deposit programs, loan guarantee and loan insurance programs, and business and industrial development corporations.

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Survey of the Future of the Plains

This report examines challenges facing Great Plains communities and presents strategies for success, based on interviews with local leaders and practitioners.

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Rural Revitalization & Telecommunications Study

This study seeks to examine common economic revitalization assumptions against the actual experience of the people living in the communities where some new applications of telecommunications services are based.

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Studying Communities in Transition: A Case Study of Superior, Nebraska

Case study examines communities in transition in order to understand health community success in small towns across the Midwest.