Rural Development Hubs
Learnings on Rural Migration and Displacement
Insights on what it will take for rural communities to balance new residents, retain longtime residents and cultural traditions, and develop more equitable local economies.
The Power of Rural Collaboration and Coalition Building
Jun. 17th, 2024, 4PM
Learn about capacity development, collaboration, and coalition building within rural development.
Collaborative Strategies for Rural Health & Economic Prosperity
Insights and recommendations to do rural development and rural health differently—moving collectively toward equitable rural development with projects grounded in place and a people-centered vision of community impact.
Funding Rural Futures: A Call to Action
What it will take to make more flexible and responsive funding available to rural development organizations serving low-income and persistent poverty rural regions?
Equitable Economic Development Playbook Initiative
International Economic Development Council (IEDC)
IEDC’s Equitable Economic Development Playbook Initiative is IEDC’s flagship Race, Equity, and Economic Development program.
Building Community Capacity in Rural East Texas
NPQ
What would it look like for rural civic infrastructure to thrive, not just survive, in the 21st century? Work in East Texas, where T.L.L. Temple and Communities Unlimited are teaming to develop bottom-up structural solutions to building rural capacity.
JUST TRANSITION FUND
Just Transition Fund
The Just Transition Fund is on a mission to create economic opportunity for the frontline communities and workers hardest hit by the transition away from coal.
Reimagine Appalachia Resources
ReImagine Appalachia
ReImagine Appalachia’s whitepapers show that federal investments in the people, communities and infrastructure of Appalachia can work to revitalize the region.
RURAL LEADERS
Center for Rural Affairs
Leaders are the life-blood of small towns and rural communities. A resource from the Center for Rural Affairs on rural leadership.
RURALEAD
RuraLEAD Development Initiative
RuraLead explored these essential questions: Who gets to lead? Who has power in rural places? What constitutes good leadership? What does it look like in practice? How do people become leaders in rural communities? How do we strengthen and support rural leadership?
MEETING LEADERS WHERE THEY ARE
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Rural Development Initiatives (RDI) shares lessons from their Rural Community Leadership Program.
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West Virginia Community Development Hub
Check out the West Virginia Community Development Hub’s case studies of leaders bringing hope and opportunity. These are the stories of real West Virginians who are making a difference.