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By investing in the right infrastructure, training programs, and support for local startups, rural areas are becoming vital contributors to the knowledge economy.
If we are proactive in building tech opportunities in rural places by investing in core infrastructure, training, and rural startups, we can have more equitable outcomes in this age when the knowledge economy drives so much growth.
Without appropriate interventions, the concentration of poverty in rural regions may persist impacting future generations.
The Simplify Business Consultancy has developed a new web application designed to help communities and organizations make informed decisions about broadband deployment while considering natural hazard risks.
Mark Rembert, the director of research and knowledge and the Simplify Business Consultancy, discusses common misconceptions about rural America, and how data and research can combat those misconceptions.
In Part 2 of our story on rural race and ethnicity, we explore how the census’ racial and ethnic categories are distributed across rural America, as well as the historical factors that have influenced the current geography.
Misunderstandings of diversity in rural America can inhibit efforts to support programming and policies designed to increase the ability of rural communities to thrive. In this story, we explore how data affects our understanding of rural diversity.
How the different definitions of “rural” used by the federal government paint vastly different pictures of rural places, and have major implications in both how stories are told and funds are distributed.
