Access to affordable capital and credit is an integral part of growing rural prosperity – what are some of the major capital and credit trends right now for rural practitioners? 

The Foundational Element of the Thrive Rural Framework requires identifying and dismantling historical and ongoing discriminatory practices that disadvantage rural people and places.

The Thrive Rural Framework helps you take stock, target action, and gauge progress on rural prosperity. We invite everyone involved in rural development to use it to spark new ways of thinking and acting to move communities, regions, and systems toward equitable rural prosperity.

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