CORI has partnered with Taos photographer Kathryn A. Hayden for the first installment of our “Portraits of a community” series, which shines a light on the people who make up the unique ecosystems within the Rural Innovation Network.
Resources
Looking for a toolkit to inform your rural digital economy ecosystem strategies? Hoping to better visualize the challenges facing rural communities? Explore our evolving library of resources.

Preparing for EDA’s Build to Scale Challenge — a guide for rural communities
How did this town of 20,000 reach these heights? Through foresight into how the economy was changing — and a concerted effort to adapt to it. Local leaders knew that the local job market was too reliant on tourism and natural resource extraction.
How much do you know about rural America?
This is an inspiring story about broadband and the ways it can can usher in a new wave of rural prosperity and innovation.
Like many rural communities, its economy had struggled to rebound from the Great Recession, and while the economy was transitioning to more tech-based employment, Cape Girardeau was slow to develop a digital economy.