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Wednesday, April 30, 2008

 

Rural Reminder


According to the Carsey Institute--a national policy research center at the University of New Hampshire focusing on youth, working families, and sustainable development in small cities and rural communities--there are three "rural Americas":

1. Amenity rich areas that are growing as baby boomers retire, as more people buy second homes, and as “footloose professionals” choose to settle in small town communities with rich natural amenities or outside large cities

2. Declining and transitioning resource dependent areas, where once agriculture, timber, mining or related manufacturing industries supported a solid blue collar middle class, albeit with booms and busts

3. Chronically poor communities, places with majority people of color, as well as Appalachia and the Ozarks, where decades of resource extraction and under-investment have left a legacy of poverty and under-resourced public institutions

Check out their presentation on rural poverty and development challenges.

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