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Without appropriate interventions, the concentration of poverty in rural regions may persist impacting future generations.
The Center on Rural Innovation has developed a new web application designed to help communities and organizations make informed decisions about broadband deployment while considering natural hazard risks.
Mark Rembert, the director of research and knowledge and the Center on Rural Innovation, discusses common misconceptions about rural America, and how data and research can combat those misconceptions.
In Part 2 of our story on rural race and ethnicity, we explore how the census’ racial and ethnic categories are distributed across rural America, as well as the historical factors that have influenced the current geography.
Misunderstandings of diversity in rural America can inhibit efforts to support programming and policies designed to increase the ability of rural communities to thrive. In this story, we explore how data affects our understanding of rural diversity.
How the different definitions of “rural” used by the federal government paint vastly different pictures of rural places, and have major implications in both how stories are told and funds are distributed.
Data can be a powerful way for community leaders to add rigor and persuasiveness to their pitches. Data can identify a community’s strengths and needs. Data can prove your value to grantmakers and other stakeholders.
