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The Injustice of Repeated Flooding

Jan. 30th, 2024, 2PM

What structural challenges keep rural communities from addressing repeated flooding? What will it take for rural communities to drive their own solutions to repeated flooding?

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Computer Services in the Rural Economy

Report provides an overview of the computer services industry in rural economies, examines the importance of computer software development and programming services to rural development, and delves into prospective for data entry and processing as potential growth sectors for rural employment.

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Weaving Health Equity and Rural Development Through Data

Learnings, insights, and resources to better understand where progress is needed on weaving health equity and rural development and what wins we all can celebrate.

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Community Development Organizations and Research: What Works and Why?

This paper seeks to improve general understanding of how some local and regional nonprofit, public interest organizations successfully use research to inform their rural development strategies.

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Alissa Benoist

Director of Programs, Four Bands Community Fund

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Ready Rural Capital Access and Flow

Public, private, and philanthropic financial capital and durable funding streams are reliably available, easily accessible and affordable, and consistently and strategically invested in rural people, places, organizations, and economies.

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Safe Drinking Water: Rural Economic Justice Case Study

Learn about the barriers rural communities face to accessing safe drinking water, and how they're working to develop clean water systems.

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Black Female-Headed Families in the Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan South: A Profile of Their Economic Status

Report examines growing number of African American female-headed families in the United States.

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Growing Rural Equitable Outdoor Recreation Economies

Jun. 9th, 2023, 1PM

How is your community using outdoor recreation to grow sustainable, healthy livelihoods for families and new economic futures for your region?

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Industrial-Strength Strategies: Regional Business Clusters and Public Policy

Book explains, explores and illustrates how policymakers and practitioners, particularly in rural areas- can move toward cluster-focused economic development.

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Rural America Placemaking Toolkit

The Rural America Placemaking Toolkit is a resource guide to showcase a variety of placemaking activities, projects, and success stories...

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Addressing Climate Change and Community Worth

Insights on how funders can support rural and Native communities in mitigating extreme weather disasters.