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What is Rural?


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Research from the Brookings Institution: Reimagining rural policy: Organizing federal assistance to maximize rural prosperity.  

A recovery from COVID-19 that strengthens America’s economic resilience and prosperity, reduces its social vulnerabilities, and addresses longstanding racial and social inequities will require policies that enable more diverse places—as well as people—to thrive. This must include rural areas.  

Rural America boasts a rich diversity of identity, employment, culture, and   experiences. People of color comprise 21 percent of the rural population; rural areas have higher self-employment rates than urban counterparts; and rural assets will be central to modernization and transition underway in several of the nation’s key industries. Yet rural people and places also face unique vulnerabilities: Their recovery from the 2008 recession was incomplete before COVID-19 hit, and they lag other areas on indicators of poverty, health, and education.

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Think Like an Entrepreneur - Become a SparkplugBy Frank Spillers