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![Paul Yost holds a censor unit](https://ruralinnovation.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Portsmouth-OH_V1-53_edit-2100x1400.jpg)
![A mural in Portsmouth, Ohio](https://ruralinnovation.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Portsmouth-OH_V1-83_edit-2100x1400.jpg)
![The U.S. Grant Bridge spans the Ohio River from Portsmouth, Ohio, to Kentucky.](https://ruralinnovation.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Portsmouth-OH_V1-82_edit-2100x1400.jpg)
![Andrew Feight leafs through newspaper archives](https://ruralinnovation.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Portsmouth-OH_V1-27_edit-2100x1400.jpg)
![Kyle and Shannon James](https://ruralinnovation.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Portsmouth-OH_V1-41_edit-2100x1400.jpg)
![A lab at Shawnee State](https://ruralinnovation.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Portsmouth-OH_V1-25_edit-2100x1400.jpg)
![The Clark Planetarium at Shawnee State University](https://ruralinnovation.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Portsmouth-OH_V1-22_edit-2100x1400.jpg)
![Audrey Schiesser outside her church](https://ruralinnovation.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Portsmouth-OH_V1-20_edit-2100x1400.jpg)
![Yost Labs circuit boards and censors](https://ruralinnovation.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Portsmouth-OH_V1-58_edit-2100x1400.jpg)
![The Yost Labs office in Portsmouth, Ohio](https://ruralinnovation.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Portsmouth-OH_V1-57_edit-2100x1400.jpg)
![Keith Monihen working at his home office.](https://ruralinnovation.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Keith-Monihen-2-CORI_edit-2100x1400.jpg)
![The campus of Shawnee State University in Portsmouth, Ohio](https://ruralinnovation.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Portsmouth-OH_V1-5_edit-2100x1400.jpg)
![Kyle Trapp stands in a gaming room](https://ruralinnovation.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_5851-2_edit-2100x1400.jpg)
![A work bench at Yost Labs](https://ruralinnovation.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Portsmouth-OH_V1-73_edit-2100x1400.jpg)
![Downtown Portsmouth, Ohio](https://ruralinnovation.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Portsmouth-OH_V1-9_edit-2100x1400.jpg)
The Center on Rural Innovation spotlights Portsmouth, Ohio, in the third piece of its “Portraits of a community” series — the first installments featured Taos, New Mexico, Springfield, Vermont, and Ada, Oklahoma. These stories intend to shine a light on the people who make up the unique ecosystems within CORI’s Rural Innovation Network, which connects rural leaders and advocates around the country to accelerate their learning and amplify their work on the ground.
You can read that story here:
It doesn't stop here.
Learn more about the people doing exciting and innovative things across rural America with the other pieces of our "Portraits of a community" storytelling series.