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ESOPs in Rural Areas

Description In this fact sheet, we provide some updated statistics regarding ESOPs in rural counties with a focus on closely-held corporations where rur ...

BY Joseph Blasi , & 2 more

Publication

04.08.2024
Media

Ten Media Sources Focused on Rural Communities and Native Nations

Check out our roundup of ten media sources highlighting important issues about and to rural communities and Native nations.

BY Community Strategies Group

Blog Post

11.02.2022
Community Development

Disaster Planning and Rural Resilience

Rural communities must start planning for disaster before a community is forced to grapple with response and recovery.

BY Devin Deaton

Blog Post

04.14.2022
Economic Development

Principal Ideas: Rural Capital

This Thrive Rural Field Perspective offers a call to action to restructure and reorient public, private and philanthropic capital in ways that increase their impact across rural America.

BY Community Strategies Group

Publication

12.16.2021
Economic Development

This Is What Capacity Looks Like

Learn key capacities that need to be carefully and intentionally strengthened so that well-intentioned organizations and Native nations can more effectively grow sustainable, equitable communities.

Event

11.09.2021
US Economy

Rural Development and Rural Health Practices

This first in the Thrive Rural Field Perspective Series highlights how accelerating connections between health and development can propel rural prosperity.

BY Brian Dabson & 1 more

Publication

11.01.2021
Economic Development

My Turning Points

Tailoring economic and community development efforts to the assets, actors and goals of specific communities and regions is critically important.

BY Janet Topolsky

Blog Post

10.20.2021
Economic Development

Turning Points

This book chapter highlights six action principles “do economic development differently”—that shifts from the risky “winner takes all” approach that is heavily reliant on a business-recruitment strategy to a “let’s all win” approach of building on a region’s existing, underutilized assets.

BY Janet Topolsky

Publication

10.20.2021
Economic Development

Shared Prosperity: An Equitable Rural Economy

Watch the video to hear stories of power and capacity building at the community level and take away lessons on how rural places have united to become more inclusive and economically vibrant.

Event

09.28.2021
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