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Investing in Rural Infrastructure
Aug. 16th, 2021, 3PM
Rural infrastructure strategies on how communities can effectively leverage new federal funding to build thriving rural places.
Our Staff & Advisors
We are privileged to collaborate with an exceptional group of colleagues whose passion and expertise drive our initiatives forward.
Treading Water: The Stagnation Of Family Income Since 1973
Report shows wage stagnation among working-class families from 1973-1993.
An Analysis of Rural Wastewater Facility Financing
Report is an effort to clarify the wastewater facility needs of rural and rural poor communities to assess the outlook for addressing these needs in light of changing environmental regulations.
Veronica Womack
Professor of Political Science & Public Administration at Georgia College
Ten Books for Rethinking Rural and Indigenous Development
Stories shape how we understand people and places. This list highlights narratives and research on the systemic forces affecting rural and Indigenous communities.
Building Capacity in Rural & Indigenous Communities
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.
Rural Health and Economic Prosperity: Executive Summary
Read our report on how the rural development and health fields can adopt approaches from one another to improve rural health and economic prosperity.
Cohesive Rural Policy Lens
Federal and state governments cohesively develop, tailor, and align the design, implementation, regulations, and incentives in policy and laws to ensure rural access and provide a predictable stream of public resources that can be used flexibly, as locally determined, for rural benefit.
Laboring For Less: Working but Poor in Rural America
A profile of the working poor outside metropolitan areas, and an exploration of the factors that lie behind the increase over the past decade in the ranks of the working poor in nonmetro areas.
Changing Rural Labor Force Demographics
This report highlights and synthesizes knowledge of labor force and employment trends
Calvin Allen
Director, Rural Forward NC