Infrastructure
Making Broadband Work for Rural Communities and Native Nations
Discover strategies to improve rural internet access, emphasizing broadband as an essential utility and highlighting the need for alignment, sustainability, and continuous learning.
Building an Infrastructure of Care
This week, the White House announced its support for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework, hailing it as, “the largest long-term investment...
State Economic Development Programs and Local Needs: Where Is The Common Ground?
This report, titled "State Economic Development Programs and Local Needs: Where Is The Common Ground?", explores the disconnect between the economic development needs perceived by local policymakers in rural Mississippi and the state-level policies designed to address them. The research, funded by the Aspen Institute and the Ford Foundation, was conducted by the John C. Stennis Institute of Government at Mississippi State University in 1992.
The Strategic Development Organization: Visionary Leadership For State Economic Development
This report from Jobs for the Future, published in August 1992, examines Strategic Development Organizations (SDOs) and their role in state economic development.
Agenda: Rural Telecommunications Initiative Advisory Committee Meeting; Rural Telecommunications Initiative Request for Proposal
This file outlines the Rural Telecommunications Initiative (RTI), a program proposed by the Aspen Institute's Rural Economic Policy Program in collaboration with The Ford Foundation and MDC, Inc., and submitted to Apple Computer, Inc. on May 4, 1990.
Through the Revolving Door: An Analysis of Rural Wastewater Facility Financing
This report, Through the Revolving Door: An Analysis of Rural Wastewater Facility Financing, by the Center for Community Change, examines the challenges rural communities face in financing wastewater facilities. It highlights the impact of the 1987 Water Quality Act, which replaced the EPA Construction Grants program with State Revolving Funds (SRFs), shifting from grants to loans.
Rural Revitalization and Telecommunications: A Study of Four Communities
This file, focuses on how telecommunications can contribute to rural revitalization in the United States, particularly concerning economic development and social services. T
Strategies for Rural Social Service Organization and Delivery
This monograph, “Strategies for Rural Social Service Organization and Delivery,” by Ronald C. Faas, James C. Barron, and Gary W....
An Analysis of Rural Wastewater Facility Financing
Report is an effort to clarify the wastewater facility needs of rural and rural poor communities to assess the outlook for addressing these needs in light of changing environmental regulations.