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Press Releases|Future Of Work, Tech Workforce
Center on Rural Innovation Selected for National Initiative to Advance Workforce Mobility
The initiative funds solutions that make skills and credentials more visible, trusted, and portable — so working adults can access better career opportunities.
Blog, Press Releases|Research, mapping, and data analytics
Cisco Fuels CORI’s Vision to Build the Rural Insights Hub
Turning data into insight. Insight into action. Action into scale.
Press Releases|Center On Rural Innovation
New Research Reveals Lack of Capital is Stifling Innovation in Rural America
Center on Rural Innovation report finds rural businesses receive less than 1% of all venture capital; highlights urgent need for targeted investments and policy changes to close rural-urban funding gap
Press Releases|Future Of Work
Center on Rural Innovation Selected as a Microsoft TechSpark Fellow to Grow Economic Opportunity in Rural Communities
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New Research Proves That Providing Fiber Broadband Experiences to Rural Communities Boosts Income, Entrepreneurship, and Business Investment
New economic study reveals higher broadband utilization improves the economic dynamism of rural areas.
Press Releases|Center On Rural Innovation, Research, mapping, and data analytics
New Report from the University of Phoenix Career Institute® and the Center on Rural Innovation Reveals Keys to Retaining Rural America’s Future Generation
Geography often becomes a barrier for workers in rural America, particularly those of younger generations, as they feel driven to leave their communities to progress in their careers
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, Press Releases|CORI Innovation Fund, Direct Investment, Entrepreneurship
CORI Innovation Fund sells position in Disa Technologies, Inc. for substantial return on investment
The investment CIF made in Disa in 2021 allowed the company to expand its HPSA technology to commercial scale and led to significant follow-on investment.
Press Releases|Center On Rural Innovation, Direct Investment, Tech-Based Economic Development
Center on Rural Innovation selected to receive highly competitive U.S. Economic Development Administration Build to Scale Capital Challenge grant
CORI awarded more than $520,000 in federal grants and matching dollars to help operate funds which will invest in rural Vermont startups.