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Meet the six rural communities selected for CORI’s Heartland Rural Innovators Initiative, an 18-month journey to accelerate tech growth and spark new opportunities across Kansas and Missouri.
Rural founders from across the country proved that innovation can happen anywhere at CORI’s 5th annual pitch event. The evening highlighted the bold creativity and entrepreneurial momentum building across small communities nationwide.
Rural communities must pair broadband expansion with affordable devices, hands-on training support, and AI literacy—to turn connectivity into jobs, entrepreneurship, and long-term local prosperity.
Take a look back at the moments, connections, and inspiration captured at CORI’s National Conference and Rural Innovation Network Summit in North Adams, MA, September 9th and 10th, 2025.
Losing reliable county-level data leaves rural communities without the insights they need to grow, compete, and plan for the future. Protecting this data is essential to ensuring an equitable, informed path forward.
The Center on Rural Innovation is significantly expanding our reach and offerings, and embarking on a comprehensive, multi-year approach to effectively leverage AI to grow rural economies, businesses, and careers.
Meadville, PA; Rutherford County, NC; Natchitoches, LA; and Danville, VA have joined CORI’s Rural Innovation Network, bringing vibrant community vision, leadership, and economic potential.
Discover how Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is turning brain drain into brain gain by leveraging the Global EIR program to attract international talent and fuel rural innovation.
Brewster County, Texas needed much faster internet service to match its people and talent with economic opportunity in the digital age. Big Bend Telephone, a third-generation family-owned provider, is stepping up to close that gap.
Major headlines from the past decade give away the story on the state of rural philanthropy: “Philanthropy’s Rural Blind Spot,” “Why Philanthropy Continues to Underfund Rural America,” “Rural America is Struggling. Where’s Philanthropy?”...
