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 West Virginia, we work with Hub partners that coordinate across sectors, align resources, and connect communities to advance long-term regional strategies:
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.
Appalachian Community Capital is featured in these Aspen CSG resources: Resources for Rural Communities, Aspen CSG in Action, How Can We Secure Enduring Capital for Equitable Rural Prosperity?, and more.
West Virginia Community Development Hub
The West Virginia Community Development Hub supports West Virginians with the tools and training they need to lead and spark positive change in their hometowns and across our state. The Hub’s purpose is to: Coach volunteer community leadership teams to help them build sustained development in rural communities; and grow the overall community economic development system in West Virginia through collaborative partnerships that use innovative approaches to address systemic challenges for rural development.
The Hub is featured in these Aspen CSG resources: Communicating to Connect: Moving Beyond Neutrality
Invest Appalachia (IA) is a collaborative impact investment platform created by and for the people of Central Appalachia working to make the region’s collective potential greater than the sum of its parts. They are a regionally representative fund that leverages deep relationships and investments from our partners in philanthropy community finance, and community economic development.
