The Aspen
Institute's Rural Program
This foundation-funded program fosters collaborative learning, leadership and innovation
to advance rural community and economic development in the United States. The site
offers a free, e-mail monthly newsletter. It links to the Aspen Institute's home
page and to dozens of diverse online resources on rural life and community economic
development, including listservs, databases, bulletin boards and newsgroups.
Community
Development Institute at Cornell University
CaRDI links professionals, community organizations, elected officials and Cornell's
departments, programs and extension services on issues of community development and
policymaking affecting rural New York state.
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)
LISC helps resident-led, community-based development organizations transform distressed communities and
neighborhoods into healthy ones – good places to live, do business, work and raise families. By providing capital,
technical expertise, training and information, LISC supports the development of local leadership and the creation
of affordable housing, commercial, industrial and community facilities, businesses and jobs.
We help neighbors build communities.
National Rural
Development Partnership
Home page of the National Rural Development Council with links to 36 state development
councils, to an exhaustive but un-annotated laundry list of sites on rural issues, and to
a comprehensive list of conferences on rural affairs that is updated monthlty.
Southern Rural
Development Center
One of four regional USDA-sponsored, university-based research, education and information
centers. Based at Mississippi State University, this one covers: AL, AR, FL, GA, KY,
LA, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX and VA plus Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The site
offers grant information to faculty of twenty-nine land grant institutions in the region
and links to research sites on rural development at these institutions. It accepts
submissions to its calendar of events and publishes a quarterly newsletter offering a
Southern perspective on major topics.
North Central Regional Center
for Rural Development
One of four regional USDA-sponsored, university-based research, education and information
centers. Based at Iowa State University, this one covers: IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN,
MO, NE, ND, OH, SD and WI. The site links to resources in the states it covers, e.g.
universities, extension services, government agencies, policy organizations and
nonprofits. It accepts submissions to its calendar of events and has specialized
links not found elsewhere.
Northeast Regional Center
for Rural Development
One of four regional USDA-sponsored, university-based research, education and information
centers. Based at Penn State University, this one covers the New England states plus
DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA and WV. The site links to resources in the states it covers, e.g.
universities, extension services, government agencies, policy organizations and
nonprofits. It accepts submissions to its calendar of events and has links to other
organizations' calendars. It also offers a small grants program and the applications
are available on the site.
Southern Rural Development
Initiative
A foundation-funded, regional collaborative of 33 member organizations in 11 states
helping nonprofit, community based institutions to attract and use capital effectively to
promote sustainable social and economic development in the poorest areas of the rural
South. The site has a highly selective, annotated list of very useful
links for community based philanthropy, grantmakers, national organizations, public policy
and research. A real time-saver.
USDA Rural Development
Site
The home page for --with links to-- all of USDA's rural housing, community development,
business development, and utilities programs as well as its proposed rules and
regulations.
Western Rural
Development Center
One of four regional USDA-sponsored, university-based research, education and information
centers. Based at Utah State University, this one targets issues and projects
shaping the future of rural regions of the West (17 states and territories). This
site will accept submission of your organization's events on development issues by state.
Institute for
Rural Journalism and Community Issues
Created in 2001 and staffed in
August 2004, the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community
Issues is a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional, multi-state
effort, based at the University of Kentucky. Its job is to help
non-metropolitan journalists define the public agenda for their
communities, grasp the local impact of regional and national
issues, and interpret rural issues for national media. The IRJCI
is committed to elevating public discourse and focusing
attention on the economic, environmental, and cultural issues
that affect the nearly 60 million Americans who live in rural
areas.
