The Regional Matters posts here explore topics such as The Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, rural Fifth District housing quality, creating a STEM employment pipeline in North Carolina, and more.

Proposal submissions are now open for the 2024 Investing in Rural America Conference poster session! In this post, we invite you on a virtual tour of posters from our 2023 conference to learn about the ways rural communities are addressing economic challenges.

Upcoming Event: What do Uber and the Federal Reserve have in common? They both hire economists! Did you know that some of your favorite brands also hire economists? But what do economists actually do? Registration required.

The Richmond Fed hosted two programs on November 15 that unveiled a new approach to measuring the success of community colleges.

Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin will speak on housing on November 15, 2023, at the Virginia Governor’s Housing Conference in Hampton, Virginia.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond has developed the Survey of Community College Outcomes to better define student and institution success and to provide insight into the wide variety of programs offered and students served across the Fifth District. After a successful initial pilot in 2022, The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond moved into an extended pilot phase in 2023. Join Richmond Fed leaders Laura Ullrich and Jason Kosakow, along with two community college administrators, to learn more about the survey and its goals, and to view results from the extended pilot.