PORT ANGELES — Rural Development Initiatives will offer its Rural Community Leadership Program in Clallam County beginning in October. The free, skills-based program will help attendees strengthen ...

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

In this April 5, 2010 photo, Lisa Kartek stands near an open field and looks toward the home she purchased in Annandale, Minnesota, through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development ...

From left, back row: GrowSmart Maine Development and Operations Associate Amanda Vermillion, Outreach and Communications Director Aqeel Mohialdeen, Program Director Harald Bredesen. Front row: CEO ...

Brian Watson, senior manager of vendor alliances for Pax8—and a rural-based employee—says the program is ‘breathing new life’ into rural communities, which he believes will have a multigenerational ...

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 ...

In a gesture both symbolic and strategic, the General Assembly declared July 6 as World Rural Development Day, reaffirming its unwavering commitment to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

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 ...