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 Nevada and the Navajo and Hopi Nations, we work with Hub partners that coordinate across sectors, align resources, and connect communities to advance long-term regional strategies.
Change Labs
Service area: Navajo and Hopi Nations.
Change Labs is a Native-led organization rooted on the Navajo Nation, created to help Native entrepreneurs strengthen and grow their work. They offer the tools, resources, and community support needed to navigate the unique challenges of doing business in Native communities.
Visit organization: nativestartup.org
Featured in Aspen CSG resources: The Power of Connection: Rural Development Hubs in Action, Through Natural Disaster to Prosperity: A Call to Action, Rural Action Roundtable on Equity and more.
Chicanos Por La Causa
Service area: Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, California.
Chicanos Por La Causa (CPLC) began with a group of student and community activists who pushed back against racial discrimination. Today, they provide services to people of all backgrounds while honoring our Mexican American roots. Their programs give individuals and families a seat at the table.
Visit organization: cplc.org
Featured in Aspen CSG resources: Building Power Towards an Equitable Rural Economy and Rural Development Hubs: Strengthening America’s Rural Innovation Infrastructure.
Rural Community Assistance Corporation
Service area: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
The Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC) is a nonprofit organization, founded in 1978, dedicated to supporting underserved rural and Indigenous communities across the Western U.S. through technical assistance, training, financial resources, and advocacy. RCAC’s work spans environmental infrastructure, affordable housing, community resilience and disaster planning, economic and leadership development, and community finance. Serving communities in states such as Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Washington, RCAC acts as the Western hub for the national Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP) network.
Visit organization: rcac.org
