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Economic Development

Ratcheting Up Rural Response, Recovery and Resilience

On June 2, 2020 we hosted a virtual Action/Learning Exchange with rural practitioners. Rural practitioners and funders briefly detailed each of the Five Good Ideas and breakout rooms on each idea will allowed further discussion.

Event

05.21.2020
Community Development

Helping Rural Students Head to College in Uncertain Times

In early March, a group of experts and practitioners came together to discuss the challenges rural students face in pursuing education beyond high school. We checked in to see how their students are coping, how their teams are reacting, and what the novel coronavirus could mean for rural education.

BY Noa Meyer

Blog Post

05.14.2020
Media

Revealing Rural Realities

This report underscores and articulates how ongoing changes in the structure and business of media and journalism contribute to the gap between rural realities and public perception of rural America.

BY Community Strategies Group

Publication

05.01.2020
Community Development

Rural Frontlines and COVID-19

Turn on the radio or TV. Open a newspaper or website. COVID-19 is front and center. What’s harder to grasp is the health and economic effects of our shared crisis on rural regions and tribal nations across the United States.

BY Janet Topolsky

Blog Post

04.09.2020
Economic Development

Introducing Thrive Rural

Thrive Rural will work closely with community and economic development, health and civic engagement experts across the nation to create a shared vision and understanding about what it will take to create dynamic, sustainable rural communities where all people can realize their full potential and live healthy lives.

BY Katharine Ferguson

Blog Post

02.24.2020
US Economy

Place-Based Shareholder Engagement

Nearly 200 CEOs of world-leading corporations have now signed on to the notion that their reason for being includes not just shareholders, but how well their employees, host communities, the environment and supply chains benefit.

BY Kelly Ryan

Blog Post

08.26.2019
US Economy

Collaboration in the Rural West

A forest collaborative, tribal government, environmental group and stewardship organization in Idaho and Oregon together explore how tension brought about by changes in natural resource management and local economies has catalyzed new alliances among interests that have been polarized for decades.

BY Doug Decker, Senior Fellow, Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University

Blog Post

07.22.2019
US Economy

Rural Development Hubs Executive Summary

This executive summary explains why Rural Development Hubs are important, how they work, and what it takes to do that work. It also discusses policy levers and enabling environments that can strengthen Rural Development Hubs, and that foster community and economic development that advances both equity and prosperity.

BY Community Strategies Group

Publication

05.13.2019
K-12 Education

It's Time We Start Talking About Rural Schools

Rural schools are often treated as an afterthought in national conversations on education.

BY Education and Society Program

Blog Post

04.16.2019
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