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Meet the latest three rural communities selected for CORI’s Heartland Rural Innovators Initiative, a program to accelerate tech growth and spark new opportunities across Kansas and Missouri.
As AI data centers expand into rural America, communities should use their leverage to protect local resources, create workforce pathways, and ensure they share in the long-term benefits of the AI economy.
Brightwater Tools is gaining global recognition through two leading water-tech accelerators, advancing rural-built solutions that turn wastewater into reusable water and nutrients.
SoilTech Wireless founder and CEO Ehsan Soltan has been named a 2026 CEO of Influence, highlighting rural Idaho entrepreneurship and agtech innovation.
Fast Forward founder Dusty Birge is bringing rural innovation to a national stage, showing how a Nebraska-built tech company is helping utilities strengthen electric grid reliability and resilience.
Verde Technologies is advancing lightweight perovskite solar technology from Vermont, targeting the growing space economy while building toward broader clean energy markets.
Massive Dimension is advancing large-format 3D printing from rural Vermont, building pellet extrusion technology that helps manufacturers print bigger, faster, and more efficiently.
Waldo is modernizing the timber supply chain from rural Michigan, replacing paper-based forestry workflows with digital tools built by and for the people who know the industry.
New Center on Rural Innovation report shows rural communities receive less locally controlled public funding to invest in infrastructure, workforce development, and economic growth
Economic momentum only matters if it reaches the people and places behind it. The real test is whether more rural communities can turn growth into good jobs, stronger local businesses, and opportunity that lasts.
