rural economy

Discussion with rural leaders about working together across interests and regions to take advantage of opportunities.

This short case study has insights and tips on how rural communities with limited staffing and resources can understand, prepare for, and compete for finite federal funds.

When tribes center sovereignty, Indigenous institutions and culture in their development processes they increase the probability of reaching their development goals and can build community wealth that is more in line with tribal values and lifeways.

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

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.

What must happen for economic development to foster a more prosperous, healthier, equitable and environmentally sustainable rural America? This scan of field practices and trends advances our answer to this question.

Much has been said about the influence that rural voters and rural states on the outcome of national elections. Some have proposed elimination of the Electoral College as a solution to this perceived problem. We question the wisdom and potential efficacy of this proposed quick fix for what ails us.

Quality of life is largely determined by the characteristics of places, for better or worse. Differences between places drive inequalities in economic opportunity, educational attainment and health outcomes. A Thrive Rural Brief by Brian Dabson.