Four Principles for Fostering Community Well-Being with Asset-Based Development
Insights and recommendations to foster rural & Indigenous well-being with asset based development.
Rural Knowledge Center
Rural Resources, Insights, and Collaborations by Aspen CSG and Partners
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Case Study
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.
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Rural Development Councils: Preliminary Findings and Conclusions
Report reflects the experience of the eight Rural Development Councils initiated as part of the Federal Rural Initiative that provides a baseline of information on the organization and early development of the effort.
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Draft Report on Financial service Industries in Rural Areas
Draft report seeks to analyze effect of technological innovation and deregulation on financial services industries in rural areas.
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Rural Development Councils: Volume 2
Contains eight state case studies that have been developed to track the development of the federal-state initiative.
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Policy Proposals for Economic Development in the Rural South
Report produces a series of policy proposals designed to address the shortcomings and comparative disadvantages of rural Southern economic development.
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Rural Service Structure Characteristics
This document, "Rural Service Structure Characteristics," created by The Aspen Institute's Community Strategies Group, is a tool to help community foundations serving rural territories understand and compare different rural coverage structures.
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Rural Family Economic Success: A Community Action Idea Book
This document, "STRENGTHENING RURAL FAMILIES: A COMMUNITY ACTION IDEABOOK," introduces the Rural Family Economic Success (RuFES) model, sponsored by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and compiled by the Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group.
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Hard Choices: Work and Child Care in Western Maine: A Study of Family Day Care in Rural Communities
This 1991 study, "Hard Choices: Work and Child Care in Western Maine," by Linda A. Wilcox of Coastal Enterprises, Inc., examines the challenges and characteristics of child care in rural Western Maine, specifically focusing on the Dixfield area. The study highlights that, despite growing awareness of child care's importance, rural families' needs are often overlooked.
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Agenda: Rural Telecommunications Initiative Advisory Committee Meeting; Rural Telecommunications Initiative Request for Proposal
This file outlines the Rural Telecommunications Initiative (RTI), a program proposed by the Aspen Institute's Rural Economic Policy Program in collaboration with The Ford Foundation and MDC, Inc., and submitted to Apple Computer, Inc. on May 4, 1990.
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Through the Revolving Door: An Analysis of Rural Wastewater Facility Financing
This report, Through the Revolving Door: An Analysis of Rural Wastewater Facility Financing, by the Center for Community Change, examines the challenges rural communities face in financing wastewater facilities. It highlights the impact of the 1987 Water Quality Act, which replaced the EPA Construction Grants program with State Revolving Funds (SRFs), shifting from grants to loans.
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Pioneers of Progress: Policy Entrepreneurs and Community Development, Volume I
This report, "Pioneers of Progress: Policy Entrepreneurs and Community Development, Volume One," examines the role of non-governmental organizations in shaping state economic development policy in the U.S., particularly in the early 1990s.
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Pioneers of Progress: Policy Entrepreneurs and Community Development, Volume II: The Network of Pioneer organizations
This document, "Pioneers of Progress: Policy Entrepreneurs and Community Development, Volume Two: The Network of Pioneer Organizations," published by Jobs for the Future in April 1991, profiles various non-profit and community-based organizations across the United States.