The top 10 micropolitan areas for raising venture capital
Using SEC Form D data to identify which micropolitan areas have been hotbeds for venture capital investment.
What's Happening In Rural America
Austin Danforth
Sharing our latest blog posts, news stories, press releases and more.
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Blog|Center On Rural Innovation, Tech-Based Economic Development
The power of “lighter, quicker, cheaper” placemaking in rural America
What does lighter, quicker, cheaper placemaking look like in action? We highlight examples from each of the communities CORI has worked with.
Blog|Entrepreneurship
Small Towns, Big Ideas: Where are they now?
Checking in with four past participants of CORI's annual pitch event for rural tech startups, Small Towns, Big Ideas, to see how the experience helped them on their entrepreneurship journey.
Press Releases|Center On Rural Innovation, Direct Investment
Green Mountain Accelerator Fund makes first investment
Rutland-based Tacitly, Inc., receives early-stage investment of $75,000
Blog|Center On Rural Innovation, Tech Economies, Tech-Based Economic Development
Four takeaways from CORI's first national conference, "From Ideas to Impact"
The sold-out convening brought together leaders and change-makers from across the country representing a variety of fields for two days of connection and discussion about the biggest challenges and opportunities facing rural America today.
Blog|Broadband
How excluding served locations from broadband grant eligibility impacts competition
Why allowing broadband grant projects to include some served areas, as New York recently did, stands to have a big (positive) impact for bringing service to unserved and underserved areas.
Kirstin Lardy