Local leaders see data centers, which help power the world’s shift to artificial intelligence, as a way to keep their towns ...

Maria Sykes, Epicenter Executive Director, in front of the neon welcome sign by artist Lisa Ward. (Photo by Danny Baxter) Editor’s Note: This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email ...

Across the nation, we can expect a scramble among mayors and county executives. They are tasked with responding to the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Six East Tennessee sites received multi-thousand-dollar grants to support economic development projects in rural areas, Gov. Bill Lee announced Wednesday. Each grant was awarded by ...

Schoharie County is rewriting the script on rural economic development. With over $56 million committed and another $330 ...

How do we build thriving rural communities in the 21st century? The labor-intensive, extractive industries paradigm that has long powered rural economies—think agriculture, manufacturing, mining, ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Rural communities in Kentucky will receive up to $1.4 billion in federal funds to improve access to clean energy, education, health care and economic growth, announced on ...

Cheatham County considers a zoning change that could allow a $250 million rural resort near the Harpeth River. Supporters ...

The Miami County Board of County Commissioners eliminated the county's economic development director position last week.

In a major development for the socio-economic development of Kohat Division, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)— Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity’s (LEO) Office of Rural Prosperity have announced the recipients of $1.3M in Rural Readiness ...

Over the past decade, Alaska has endured back-to-back recessions: one in 2015 due to plunging oil prices and in 2020 during ...