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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

Native Nation Building

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.

BY Stephanie Gutierrez & 1 more

Publication

11.15.2021
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
US Economy

Tapping Rural Innovation for Our Clean Energy Future

We need to reconsider dated stereotypes regarding which communities are leading the environmental movement.

BY Chitra Kumar, & 1 more

Blog Post

03.25.2021
US Government

Federal Rural Policy Scan: Rebuild Rural America Act of 2021

The Rebuild Rural America Act of 2021 would add $10 billion per year for five years to USDA Rural Development’s budget. How should we evaluate this proposal?

BY Brian Dabson

Blog Post

02.16.2021
US Government

Electoral College and the Rural-Urban Divide

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.

BY John Molinaro & 1 more

Blog Post

02.01.2021
Economic Development

Equitable Recovery and Resilience in Rural America

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.

BY Brian Dabson

Publication

12.08.2020
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