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 ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—John J. Green, director of the Southern Rural Development Center at Mississippi State University and professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics, has been named a Community ...

National RTAP announces project selections for the Community Rides Grant Program. National RTAP and CCAM-TAC supported ...

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 ...

New Hampshire community colleges, universities and health care facilities are set to receive over $204 million in federal funding this year.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

AWENDAW — The county is advancing plans to add an extra layer of protection for the historic Ten Mile community, aiming to preserve its rural character and deter large-scale development. The proposed ...

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 ...