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New Center on Rural Innovation report shows rural communities receive less locally controlled public funding to invest in infrastructure, workforce development, and economic growth
The initiative funds solutions that make skills and credentials more visible, trusted, and portable — so working adults can access better career opportunities.
Turning data into insight. Insight into action. Action into scale.
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
New economic study reveals higher broadband utilization improves the economic dynamism of rural areas.
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
Rutland-based Tacitly, Inc., receives early-stage investment of $75,000