How have rural communities experienced the process of digital economic development? What challenges did they face? What types of unexpected opportunities did they encounter? And what types of economic forces impacted their efforts?
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In an expansion of the American Connection Project, Land O’Lakes and CORI begin innovative economic development program in Aberdeen, S.D.
West Liberty is Iowa's first majority Latino town and now has its first majority Latino city council. Other small towns may see it as a model for promoting a new type of political engagement.
Here's a look at some of the newsworthy events from 2021 in each of the Rural Innovation Network's 25 communities.
Derrick Esquibel and Jazzmin Little were part of the first rural cohort to participate in a 12-week intensive IT Support Specialist course offered free of charge through a partnership between the Center on Rural Innovation and Generation USA.