Smart growth strategies can help rural communities achieve their goals for growth and development while maintaining their distinctive rural character....
Rural Economic Development Innovation (REDI) initiative
provides free technical assistance for up to two years to help rural towns and regions create and implement economic development plans. USDA’s Innovation Center created the REDI initiative to support recommendations identified in the Report to the President of the United States from the Task Force on Agriculture and Rural…...
Center for Rural Strategies
helps to establish a rural America that is more connected and more inclusive through work on strategic communications, coalition building, public information campaigns, and public policy. National Rural Assembly, works at local, regional, and national levels to build more opportunity and better policy for rural communities across the country. Daily…...
Rural Community Assistance Partnership
RCAP is a national network of non-profit organizations working to provide technical assistance, training, resources, and support to rural communities across the United States, tribal lands, and U.S. territories to ensure rural communities access to safe drinking water and sanitary waste disposal....
Investment & Revitalization
Small towns and rural communities throughout the United States are looking for ways to strengthen their economies, provide better quality of life, and build on local assets. Many rural communities and small towns are facing challenges, including rapid growth at metropolitan edges, declining rural populations, and loss of open spaces…...