Rural Venture Investments As Successful As Metro Counterparts, Shows Report

This report is part of the Wealth Creation in Rural America initiative, funded by the
Ford Foundation. The aim of the initiative is to help low-wealth rural areas overcome
their isolation and integrate into regional economies in ways that increase their
ownership and influence over various kinds of wealth. The initiative has produced
nine previous papers, which can be found at http://www.yellowwood.org/wealthcreation.aspx.

The goal of this report is to advance the initiative’s broad aim of creating
a comprehensive framework of community ownership and wealth control models that
enhance the social, ecological, and economic well-being of rural areas.

Patricia Scruggs, Scruggs and Associates
with Wayne Embree, Reference Capital
and Dr. Rob Wiltbank, Willamette
University Virginia Tech Office of
Economic Development

Full Report: http://www.yellowwood.org/The%20Role%20of%20Equity%20Capital%20in%20Rural%20Communities.pdf