Maria Sykes, Epicenter Executive Director, in front of the neon welcome sign by artist Lisa Ward. (Photo by Danny Baxter) Editor’s Note: This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email ...

RIDGELY — Benedictine was awarded a 2022 Rural Impact Award for Outstanding Rural Community Development. This award is presented by the Rural Maryland Council, which serves as the state’s federally ...

MINNEAPOLIS & MIDDLEBURY, Vt.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RuralWorks Partners, LLC (RuralWorks), an impact investment firm committed to rural communities and environmental sustainability, proudly announces its ...

This issue of Community Investments focuses on rural community and economic development issues, highlighting ways that practitioners and policymakers are shifting their efforts toward the development ...

The concept of smart villages encapsulates a holistic approach to rural development by harnessing digitalisation, innovative technologies and community engagement to overcome longstanding challenges ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)— Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity’s (LEO) Office of Rural Prosperity have announced the recipients of $1.3M in Rural Readiness ...

USDA’s Rural Development mission area needs enough staff at the local level to help producers take advantage of the array of available RD programs, witnesses told a House Agriculture Committee panel ...

In late September, the San Francisco Fed partnered with the Idaho Department of Commerce, Idaho Rural Partnership, the Idaho Hispanic Foundation, and USDA Rural Development Idaho to host the Idaho ...

Indiana communities seek to position themselves to achieve long-term community vitality. One of the issues that emerges as a major barrier is the limited availability of a diverse stock of quality ...

AMES, Iowa — During Orange City’s three-day tulip festival each May, the northwest Iowa town attracts roughly 40,000 visitors, more than six times its population. People come for the blooms and ...

AND SOME GOOD NEWS FOR THE STATE ECONOMY. THE U.S. IS INVESTING MORE MONEY, INTERSTATES, RURAL COMMUNITIES. TODAY, THE USDA SAYS THAT IT’S GOING TO INVEST $1.4 MILLION INTO FIVE PROJECTS. THE BIDEN ...