A $30 million broadband investment positions Schoharie County as model for 21st-century rural economic development. In just a ...

The Rural Renewal Initiative is a program administered by Oklahoma State University to catalyze the renewal of rural ...

USDA Rural Development has served as a conduit for getting federal funds into “some of our smallest communities and rural small businesses,” said Erin Oban, state director for USDA Rural Development.

Rural towns and counties in Maryland are aggressively pursuing economic development, hoping to draw in larger employers while strengthening the home-grown shops and businesses that have been mainstays ...

Efforts in Barton County may offer a blueprint for solving a housing shortage across Kansas. The county commission has tapped ...

Water Valley, Mississippi, has created a new projects such as a restaurant, brewery, and coding school, to invigorate its downtown. Photo by Mickey Howley EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is excerpted from ...

The Linn County Board of Supervisors this week approved the creation of a rural economic development director position within the county’s workforce. Once hired, the director will leverage “strategic ...

Ken Lund, executive director of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, talked to the members of the Morgan County Economic Development Corp. about how his office is ...

A new business venture, GSD (Get Stuff Done), launched in Kearney on Tuesday with the aim of bolstering economic development ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis delivered opening remarks at the Florida Rural Economic Development Summit on Thursday morning ...

The mechanization of farming changed the community-based farming model after WWII. Photo by Charles Knowles,used under the CC BY 2.0 license. EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is adapted from a paper ...

Chinese Premier Li Qiang presides over a State Council study session on Dec. 3, 2025. Li on Wednesday urged efforts to ...