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

The U.S. Department of Energy requires developers applying for all the agency’s grant and loan programs to craft a community benefits plan, with the goal of leveraging public investments into broadly ...

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 ...

Guided by a vision of a nation where persistent poverty no longer exists, six regional Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) located in and serving regions with a high prevalence of ...

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

An executive order President Donald Trump signed on Friday, calling for the federal Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund and other agencies to be "eliminated," targets the economic ...

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 ...

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 ...

Maria Sykes is the cofounder and executive director of Epicenter, one of the only nonprofit organizations in the small town of Green River, Utah (population 881). About 50 miles from the closest towns ...