Rural Communities

A "collaborative organization" whose goal is to "help build the field of the rural arts."

The annual snapshot of economic conditions in nonmetro America shows fewer jobs, more poverty and a declining population.

"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together."

The RURAL DATA PORTAL provides over 350 data indictors for your community.

Cities have regenerated almost all the jobs they lost in the recession that started in 2007. But nonmetropolitan counties have a long way to go to get back to their pre-recession job levels.

The 2013 National Rural Assembly opens with a call for rural communities to define themselves by what they can get accomplished, rather than what they lack.

Even if temporary, this historic shift highlights a growing demographic challenge facing many regions across rural and small-town America, as population growth from natural change is no longer large enough to counter cyclical net migration losses."

In trying to avoid fees that support rural phone service, communication companies have unintentionally created big headaches for rural residents getting calls from cities.

A new federal definition of rural that would include much larger towns could put small communities at a disadvantage when it comes to competing for federal grants and programs.

Continuing urbanization saps rural political power and leaves leaders looking for ways to gain attention for issues of importance to rural America