The Urban Institute will host a free webinar from 2:30 to 4 p.m. ET today to discuss how rural communities can attract more government funding and private investment by identifying their strengths and leveraging their assets. Click here for more information or to register.
From the website: "We will begin with remarks by Xochitl Torres Small, under secretary for rural development in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, followed by a demonstration of Urban’s new typology and dashboard with national data on rural census tracts and peer groups that support asset-based rural investments and capacity building. After the demonstration, a panel of rural stakeholders will discuss the opportunities and challenges of identifying rural assets and using an asset-based investment framework."
Andrew Dumont, a senior community development analyst for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, will moderator the panel, which will include:
- Heidi Khokhar, executive director of Rural Development Initiatives
- Joy Moten-Thomas. assistant administrator for community development and outreach at Fort Valley State University's College of Agricultural, Family Sciences, and Technology
- Corianne Payton Scally, principal research associate at the Urban Institute
- Janet Topolsky, executive director of the Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group
- Sarah Rosen Wartell, president of the Urban Institute
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