U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Ohio State Director Charles Tassell announced recently nearly $1 million in grant funding for 12 projects through the agency’s Housing ...

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

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 ...

A study published in Avian Research demonstrates that the Hide-in-Bird Pond (HIBP) model, a community-based, grassroots ...

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 ...

The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development announced Wednesday it is awarding more than $5.3 million in ...

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 ...

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 ...