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 ...

MACOMB, IL - - The Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs (IIRA) at Western Illinois University recently hosted the 34th annual Rural Community Economic Development Conference at the end of February in ...

Rural community development encompasses a diverse range of strategies that empower local populations by harnessing social capital, tailored educational and economic interventions, and integrated ...

High Point CEO Katie Newman outlines a strategic capital approach to funding rural hospitals and community health facilities, leveraging grants, New Markets Tax Credits, and layered financing to ...

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 ...

USDA Rural Development has served as a conduit for getting federal funds into “some of our smallest communities and rural small businesses,” said Erin Oban, state director for USDA Rural Development.

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 ...

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

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 ...

The Center for Rural Affairs has announced a slate of award winners it says are helping build strong, vibrant rural ...

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 ...

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 ...