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 ...

The Community Development Innovation Review (formerly known as the Community Development Investment Review) was in production from 2005-2021 and focused on bridging the gap between theory and practice ...

Rural community development encompasses a broad spectrum of policies, practices and research devoted to improving the quality of life and resilience of populations living outside major urban centres.

How do we build thriving rural communities in the 21st century? The labor-intensive, extractive industries paradigm that has long powered rural economies—think agriculture, manufacturing, mining, ...

A good economic-development plan builds on the strengths of residents, not just on physical infrastructure. A small-town mayor describes how his community found new ways to create opportunity. Years ...

The ongoing economic fallout from COVID-19 — and its disproportional impact on people of color — is being felt not just in big cities but also in rural areas of persistent poverty across the United ...

Proposed Rural Community Health Improvement Systems would provide a broad, cross-sectoral framework to address the health needs of underserved rural Americans. Accountable care organizations (ACOs) ...

The Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht, Dara Calleary TD, has visited Inishturk Island to see ...

This day-and-a-half-long event will take place May 1-2, 2024 in Fort Hall, Idaho at the Shoshone-Bannock Hotel and Event Center. The summit is centered around spotlighting successful examples of rural ...

Jenna Batchelder and her husband Brad have been raising livestock for years. A grant from USDA Rural Development helped them branch out into a successful retail meat business. The USDA's Rural ...

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 ...