Rural Development Hubs
CAPTURING SHARED IMPACTS OF THE PARTNERS FOR RURAL TRANSFORMATION
Urban Institute
With a goal to transform the fortunes and futures of rural and Native communities, the Partners for Rural Transformation (PRT) centers community needs and hopes in its work.
Rural Development: Field Practice and Trends
What must happen for economic development to foster a more prosperous, healthier, equitable and environmentally sustainable rural America? This scan...
Still Open for Business: Working with Minority-Owned Rural Firms through the Pandemic
Jul. 22nd, 2020, 2PM
STILL OPEN FOR BUSINESS POWERPOINT Racially and ethnically diverse populations comprise 21 percent of rural America—but produced 83 percent of...
A Few Things to Know About Rural America
Too often, people lump all of rural America into one “flyover-country” stereotype. This blog shares a few truths worth knowing about rural America.
Thrive Rural: Connecting Development, Health, & Opportunity
One in five people in the U.S. lives in a rural or tribal community. Many rural places are dynamic and...
Rural Development Hubs: Strengthening America’s Rural Innovation Infrastructure
Rural Development Hubs are a specific set of intermediaries that are doing development differently in rural America. They are main players advancing an asset-based, wealth-building, approach to rural community and economic development.
Collaboration and Innovation for a Better Rural West
Insights from rural leaders working across divided local public opinion, fractured economies, confusing policy and regulation, and litigation to forge productive local partnerships that benefit rural communities and their surrounding landscapes.
Rural Development Hubs Executive Summary
In this brief we preview initial topline findings from the Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group’s interviews with more than 40...
HOW DO RURAL COMMUNITIES IN THE US IMPLEMENT COLLECTIVE IMPACT?
FSG
FSG’s blog explores how Collective Impact—an approach where organizations from different sectors agree to solve a specific social problem by using a common agenda, aligning their efforts, and using common measures of success—has been implemented successfully across multiple types of geographies.
Communities in the Lead: The Northwest Rural Development Sourcebook
This report, titled "Communities in the Lead: The Northwest Rural Development Sourcebook" by Harold L. Fossum, published in January 1993, focuses on empowering community-based revitalization efforts in rural areas of the Northwest. The sourcebook was supported by the Ford Foundation and the Aspen Institute's State Rural Policy Program.
Rural “Enterprise Development Intermediaries”
Report highlights the unique role intermediaries play in the development process in rural communities.
Smart Firms in Small Towns: An Overview
This book provides overview of small to medium enterprises within the context of "third-wave" state economic development policy.