This Executive Summary of Measure Up: A Call to Action highlights six principles for measuring rural development progress.

This Annotated List of Resources for Measuring Rural Development Progress is for rural practitioners to share resources and ideas to improve outcomes for rural families, communities, and regions.

This Call to Action highlights six principles for measuring rural development progress to encourage funders and investors to design programs that consider lower-capacity communities' realities, needs, and goals. 

Community and economic development practitioners and community members gathered at a Thrive Rural Open Field session to share tips, techniques, and resources to help build rural and Native nations’ capacity. During the event, participants shared tips useful for local, regional, and national funders.

Organizational capacity and technical assistance need to be carefully and intentionally strengthened in rural and Native nation communities to grow economies, health, and livelihoods for each and every person in their regions. So, how are rural organizations growing capacity?