Tag: Improve the rural quality of life

What big cities can learn from the rural US about public transit

Valdosta On Demand in Valdosta, Georgia, offers citywide on-demand public transit service in a city with less than 60,000 residents that can't support fixed...

AmeriCorps to work in 50 rural communities to address health inequities

Supported by a five-year, $400 million investment from the American Rescue Plan Act, the American Heart Association announced that it has received a multi-million-dollar...

Cultivate West Virginia program distributes small-scale investments to build momentum in communities

The West Virginia Community Development Hub used to hear complaints that there was “nothing going on” in West Virginia. Then they started the Cultivate...

Grants for child care providers in Superior, WI made possible by ARPA

Starting April 1st, $200,000 in grant money is available for licensed child care providers in Superior to address a growing childcare crisis. Funding has...

‘Stealth’ economy for tribes hides billions of dollars in jobs, growth and revenue for rural communities

by Mark Trahant / Indian Country Today, WisconsinWatch.org April 4, 2022 This story is part of a collaborative series, “At the Crossroads," from the Institute for...

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