This paper focuses on providing quality higher education access and policy targeting to effectively address the current rural realities and challenges. Written by J. Matthew Fannin, PhD (Associate Director, RUPRI Analytic and Academic Programs) in January 2018. View Report
Tag Archives: Micropolitan
Creative Cities/Creative Countrysides: “Rural Cities”, Micropolitan Regions, and Next Generation Rural Creative Placemaking
This presentation rethinks rural wealth, sustainable economic development and cultural equity. It also discusses micropolitan leadership in rural/urban collaboration as well as the Ottumwa Opportunity. Presented by Charles W. Fluharty (President and CEO, Rural Policy Research Institute) to the Main Street Ottumwa Better Block Summit on October 11, 2017. View Presentation
Creative Cities/Creative Countrysides: “Rural Cities”, Micropolitan Regions, and Next Generation Rural Creative Placemaking
This presentation rethinks rural wealth, sustainable economic development and cultural equity. It also discusses micropolitan leadership in rural/urban collaboration as well as Paducah, our national micropolitan exemplar. Presented by Charles W. Fluharty (President and CEO, Rural Policy Research Institute) to the the 2017 UNESCO Creative Cities Annual Meeting on September 26, 2017 in Paducah, Kentucky. …
New RUPRI Policy Brief released: Micropolitan America – for the Future of Rural Regional Innovation
Over one-half of the population of nonmetropolitan statistical areas of the United States live in a subset of nonmetropolitan geographies classified as Micropolitan areas. Over 27 million people live in these larger rural places, which are often anchor communities serving as regional hubs for commerce, employment and services. However, these areas are largely unexplored and …
Rethinking the Rural Raison D’etre: Beginning the New Narrative
Presented by Charles W. Fluharty (President and CEO, Rural Policy Research Institute) to the Utah Rural Summit in Cedar City, Utah on August 8,2013. View Presentation
