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The nation’s four Regional Rural Development Centers (RRDCs) are releasing their findings from a comprehensive initiative aimed at identifying the critical investments needed to build community capacity and improve quality of life in rural America.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the creation of the RRDCs. To help kick-off the year-long celebration, the RRDCs were joined by two key partner organizations, who each took actions formally recognizing the Centers’ contributions.

A new report released by the RRDCs shares findings from a national survey of rural development stakeholders regarding their perceptions about priorities, capacities, and potential to expand programming in rural development topic areas.

The Regional Rural Development Centers provide a brief overview of their national and regional impacts from 2019.

The Southern Rural Development Center has secured funding from Walmart Giving to strengthen retail, accommodations, tourism, and entertainment industries which often make up a large portion of the jobs and businesses that drive rural economies.

The Western Rural Development Center's Area Sector Analysis Process (ASAP) has been successfully delivered to communities across the western region in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah.

For a new food hub to succeed, it should be located in a community with a population sufficient to sustain it, according to a team of economists including Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development Director Stephan Goetz.

The NCRCRD seeks to foster closer cross-state collaboration in Extension programs aimed at strengthening rural communities in the region.