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Veronica Womack
Professor of Political Science & Public Administration at Georgia College
Four Ideas for Federal Rural Policy in the COVID-19 Era
This is the second in a series (see Part 1) on how to ensure development investments that are part of...
What is the Community Prosperity Approach?
An equitable community prosperity approach seeks to improve health and economic outcomes for rural communities, not simply to preserve their current status.
What Next for Sustainable Agriculture?
Paper considers issues that sustainable agriculture is expected to face as it moves on from an abstract concept to a more transformative tool of agricultural system.
Rural Development Hubs
A Rural Development Hub is a place-rooted organization that works within and across a region to build inclusive wealth, increase local capacity, and create opportunities for better livelihoods, health, and wellbeing.
Thrive Rural: Connecting Development, Health, & Opportunity
One in five people in the U.S. lives in a rural or tribal community. Many rural places are dynamic and...
Calvin Allen
Director, Rural Forward NC
Regional Impacts and Responses to Globalization
This case study describes the relationship between the globalization of capital and the general decline of a deindustrializing region (Western New York), and relates this dynamic to the particular conditions of the region's rural communities.
Challenging Current Rural Funding Strategies
In an op-ed for Daily Yonder, Bonita Robertson-Hardy of the Community Strategies Group writes on how rural communities, funders, and other stakeholders’ approach to economic development can mean the difference between success and stagnation.
A Few Things to Know About Rural America
Nov. 18th, 2020, 1PM
The YouTube link above is a playlist – it has nine videos that cover all the different sessions of this...
Build Momentum
Communities and regions, no matter their starting points, produce and celebrate the small wins and steady progress that fuel hope and persistence.
Reviving the Rural Factory: Executive Summary
Executive summary of study on automation and automation related work in the southern United States.