Rural Revitalization
Rural revitalization is a significant challenge for many rural regions and communities across BC — and elsewhere in Canada and abroad — as they see their populations ageing and, in amenity-rich locations, unprecedented rapid growth.
Here you'll find information, examples, and advice regarding how rural communities go about renewing themselves, in the process, retaining their current citizens and attracting new ones, enhancing their built environments, and appropriately leveraging their natural, cultural, and intellectual assets.
Whether the focus is on the arts, technology, or innovative approaches to "old" economic sectors, rural communities that succeed can identify and leverage one or more unique strengths.
Key Links & Success Stories
Canal Flats Welcomes New Rural Tech Centre
Innovation & Technology Make a Big Difference in Rural BC
"Escape the City" Contest a Rousing Success! (BC Rural Centre, summer 2018)
Culture & rural development have gone hand in hand in New York Mills, Minnesota
Agri-Tourism Succeeds in the Central Okanagan
If People Can't Afford to Work in Vancouver, What Happens to the City? (Global News)
Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation
Community Research Connections: Sustainable Community Development
Citizens Institute on Rural Design
Documents
Reversing the Tide: Strategies for Successful Rural Revitalization (Coastal Enterprises Inc., Maine)
Kentucky Highlands Investment Corp. Case Study
Using the Arts & Festivals as an Economic Development Tool
Revitalizing & Sustaining Small Rural Communities
Communities in Control — Developing Assets,
Culture & Rural Development: The Arts & the Challenge of Rural Renewal
The Arts and Rural Revitalization: 10 Communities Where Culture Matters
Rural Youth Migration: exploring the reality behind the myths
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