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 Oregon, we work with Hub partners that coordinate across sectors, align resources, and connect communities to advance long-term regional strategies:
Since 1991, Rural Development Initiatives (RDI) has trained more than 8,000 leaders in hundreds of rural communities throughout rural Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. Their staff continues to support and partner with this network of leaders as they create community and economic vitality in these small towns and ultra-rural regions.
Rural Community Assistance Corporation
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.
The Ford Family Foundation is a nonprofit, private foundation headquartered in Roseburg, Oregon, serving rural Oregon and Siskiyou County, California. Their investments through grants, scholarships and community building create the conditions for children to have the family, educational and community supports they need to succeed in life.
Since 1996, Wallowa Resources has enhanced opportunities on our forests and grasslands while caring for the land and water for future generations. They work with public and private partners to support Wallowa County and other rural communities in northeast Oregon.
Wallowa Resources is featured in these Aspen CSG resources: Rural Action Roundtable on Equity, Tapping Rural Innovation for a Clean Energy Economy, Measure Up: Call to Action, and more.
