Report
What Fuels Inaccurate and Incomplete Coverage of Rural Issues?
This report underscores and articulates how ongoing changes in the structure and business of media and journalism contribute to the...
In Search of Good Rural Data: Measuring Rural Prosperity
Economic and demographic data drive research, policy development, distribution of government resources, and private investment decisions. But many of the...
Rural Development Hubs: Strengthening America’s Rural Innovation Infrastructure
Rural Development Hubs are a specific set of intermediaries that are doing development differently in rural America. They are main players advancing an asset-based, wealth-building, approach to rural community and economic development.
Rural Development Hubs Executive Summary
In this brief we preview initial topline findings from the Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group’s interviews with more than 40...
Growing Local Philanthropy: The Role and Reach of Community Foundations
This report, "Growing Local Philanthropy: The Role and Reach of Community Foundations," presents the findings of a 2004 survey conducted by the Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group on geographic component funds (GCFs) within U.S. community foundations.
Margins to Mainstream: Community Foundations Advancing Family Economic Success
Report serves as a framework for community foundation leaders and partners attending the Margins to Mainstream: Community Foundations Advancing Economic Success Peer-Exchange Workshop.
Building Engines for Rural Endowment Framework
Framework serves as a guide to help people who lead community foundations think about and act strategically to build more and better permanently endowed assets focused on vitalizing and sustaining rural areas, rural issues, and rural populations.
Rural Family Economic Success: Community Action Workbook
Guidebook is intended to promote Rural Family Economic Success (RuFES) model for helping community development practitioners and policymakers consider ways in which low-income working families can improve their livelihood.
Community Economic Development in Tupelo (1999)
It would be easy, contemplating the riveting story of Tupelo’s growth since 1940, to imagine that it is unique, engendered...
Manufacturing Assistance Program Needs Assessment Guide: Volume 1: Regional Needs Assessment Approaches
This document, “Manufacturing Assistance Program Needs Assessment Guide, Volume 1: Regional Needs Assessment Approaches,” published by The Aspen Institute Community...
Manufacturing Assistance Program Needs Assessment Guide: Volume 2: Firm-Level Needs Assessment Approachment
This document, "Manufacturing Assistance Program Needs Assessment Guide, Volume 2: Firm-Level Needs Assessment Approaches," published by The Aspen Institute in 1995, outlines various methods for manufacturing assistance programs to assess the needs of individual firms.The guide emphasizes that needs assessments are crucial for effectively allocating program resources.
Ten Essential Ingredients: Designing State Programs That Work In Rural Communities
This file, "TEN ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS: DESIGNING STATE PROGRAMS THAT WORK IN RURAL COMMUNITIES," is a 1995 guidebook from the Public Sector Development Foundation. It focuses on how states can enhance local capacity for community and economic development in rural areas by using ten essential ingredients for program design, delivery, and development.