The Community Investment Training helps rural leaders jump-start development projects, and based on the 2024 and 2025 cohorts, the Richmond Fed's community development team shares some lessons learned.
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A look at where USDA Rural Development funding goes across the Fifth District. Which programs drive total investments, and which states and counties get the largest shares of funding?
Emily Corcoran and Jen Giovannitti discuss the demand and supply factors that influence the financing of community development in rural areas, as well as the issues that impede the flow of capital into the places that need it.
Rural communities can face a mismatch between supply of and demand for community development investment dollars. But through partnerships with local government, nonprofits, businesses, and CDFIs, some are developing creative solutions.
Philanthropic giving can make a big difference in small towns, if both sides can find each other.
Leaders from the organizations receiving the grants are graduates of the 2024 cohort of the Rural Investment Collaborative's Community Investment Training program.