Materials provide detailed report on the first year of a three year project entitled the “state Rural Economic and Community Development State Policy Academy.” Materials include progress updates in Arkansas, California, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, and Wyoming.
Olivia Sloan of Anchorum Health Foundation shares how funders can honor Tribal sovereignty, build trust, and support regional collaboration in rural places.
Systems-level factors have restricted access to voter information and the ballot box—but they can be dismantled.
Explore real examples of rural resources, from funding and health initiatives to partnerships and wealth-building.
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.
Insights and learnings from rural practitioners on how organizational capacity and technical assistance can be carefully and intentionally strengthened to grow economies, health, and livelihoods for each and every person in their regions.
By shaping accurate narratives, we can drive fair and just investments and policies that honor the people and places at the heart of rural and Indigenous communities.
