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
Report
Blog
Resilience and Recovery: Insights from the July 2022 Eastern Kentucky Flood
Housing Assistance Council (HAC)
Reflecting on the Eastern Kentucky flood in 2022, the Housing Assistance Council highlighted challenges limiting the resilience of rural communities, including the prohibitive cost of flood insurance, affordable housing shortages, and floods affecting the labor force.
Report
The Rural Aperture Project: Leveraging Data to Gain New Insights Into Rural America
Center on Rural Innovation (CORI)
The Rural Aperture Project uses data to redefine rural America’s narrative, focusing on its diversity and economic realities. This resource, essential for practitioners and policymakers, offers accessible data for informed rural development strategies and storytelling.
Tool
THE RURAL APERTURE PROJECT: LEVERAGING DATA TO GAIN NEW INSIGHTS INTO RURAL AMERICA
Center On Rural Innovation
Insights on how we can promote accurate rural narratives and increase local media to build trust and new relationships across geography.
Tool
THE RURAL APERTURE PROJECT: LEVERAGING DATA TO GAIN NEW INSIGHTS INTO RURAL AMERICA
Center on Rural Innovation
The Rural Aperture Project from the Center on Rural Innovation is intended to provide all those advancing rural prosperity — from practitioners to journalists, researchers, philanthropists, and government officials — with accessible data, graphics, and narratives to inform how they can better tell stories, conduct research, distribute resources, make investments, or develop policy that is backed by up-to-date data. All data visualizations will be available for download and public use, which they highly encourage.
Tool
Language & Learning Resource for Non-Indigenous People
Native Americans in Philanthropy
Language matters; the words we use carry power. This resource is for those who wish to expand their understanding of Indigenous communities and how they intersect with the philanthropic sector.
Event
Wealth Creation in Rural & Indigenous Places
Sep. 19th, 2023, 2PM
Learn how rural practitioners are advancing equitable prosperity and economic development in a way that embraces and strengthens the unique assets of rural regions.
Blog
WealthWorks: A Powerful Tool for Thriving Rural Places
WealthWorks is an approach to doing economic development differently that inspired and continues to inform the Thrive Rural Framework. Learn more about the WealthWorks approach.
Blog
Understanding Broadband Resilience and Natural Disaster Risk
Center on Rural Innovation (CORI)
It’s essential to build resilient broadband systems to withstand natural disasters, but resilience varies by region and type of infrastructure. New research and tools from CORI will help in planning/upgrading broadband infrastructure in disaster-prone areas, ensuring continuity in communication and public safety services.
Blog
Implementing a Rural Community Development Initiative for Thriving Communities
The Thrive Rural Framework emphasizes a comprehensive approach, recognizing that rural prosperity is not solely measured by economic indicators but also by the health and wellbeing of its residents.
Case Study
The North End Connect Project
The Indigenous Connectivity Institute
The Indigenous Connectivity Institute supported North End Connect to develop a network providing no- and low-cost service in Canada’s largest urban Indigenous community.
Case Study
The Kids Are Online
Aspen Digital
A repository of stories about diverse communities across America that are uniting to close the digital divide for young people. Curated by Aspen Digital.
Blog
How To Organize a Rural Action Infrastructure
Discussion with rural leaders about working together across interests and regions to take advantage of opportunities.