Aspen CSG partners with Rural Development Hubs across the country to strengthen local leadership, align funding, and build regional capacity. Through research and peer learning, we support Hub leaders to refine strategies and apply what works across regions.
In Maryland, we work with Hub partners that coordinate across sectors, align resources, and connect communities to advance long-term regional strategies.
Appalachian Community Capital
Service area: Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Appalachian Community Capital is a non-profit community development financial institution (CDFI) that is focused on attracting new sources of capital for small businesses, including minority and women-owned business owners, in underserved places in Appalachia and similar energy communities nationally.
Visit organization: appalachiancommunitycapitalcdfi.org
Featured in Aspen CSG resources: Resources for Rural Communities, Aspen CSG in Action, How Can We Secure Enduring Capital for Equitable Rural Prosperity?, and more.
Fahe
Service area: Alabama, Kentucky, Maryland, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia.
Fahe is a purpose-oriented Network of 50+ diverse community-based nonprofits serving the Appalachian states of Alabama, Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. With a focus on leadership, housing, education, health and social services, and economic opportunity, Fahe empowers the people and communities of Appalachia with the resources, opportunities, and tools needed to build a better life.
Visit organization: fahe.org
Featured in Aspen CSG resources: Support Local Hurricane Recovery Efforts, Support Local Efforts for Eastern Kentucky, Funding Rural Futures: A Call to Action and more.
Garrett County Community Action Committee
Service area: Maryland.
Serving Garrett County citizens since 1965, Garrett County Community Action Committee administers various support programs and services to individuals, families, and seniors throughout the region and in Garrett County’s eight municipalities: Accident, Deer Park, Friendsville, Grantsville, Kitzmiller, Loch Lynn Heights, Mountain Lake Park, and Oakland.
Visit organization: garrettcac.org
