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The launch of Rural Partners Network (RPN) last week capped a busy 6+ weeks of action on rural policy, marked by welcome & increased attention to federal support for rural prosperity by a diverse set of policymakers. #RuralMatters #DoRightByRural
Let's review:🧵1/
Let's review:🧵1/
In early March, the #RuralProsperityAct (RPA) is introduced by a bipartisan group led by @SenMarkKelly @SenJoniErnst
@SenGillibrand @ChuckGrassley @AngieCraigMN @RepNewhouse, & joined by @RepCindyAxne @RepAdrianSmith @RepOHalleran @RepFeenstra. 2/
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@SenGillibrand @ChuckGrassley @AngieCraigMN @RepNewhouse, & joined by @RepCindyAxne @RepAdrianSmith @RepOHalleran @RepFeenstra. 2/
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RPA would create a WH Office of Rural Prosperity to coordinate across federal gov’t, led by a
Chief Rural Advisor. It would also form a Rural Prosperity Council w cabinet heads & mandate the creation of a (sorely needed) #NationalRuralStrategy. 3/ dailyyonder.com/bipartisan-bil…
Chief Rural Advisor. It would also form a Rural Prosperity Council w cabinet heads & mandate the creation of a (sorely needed) #NationalRuralStrategy. 3/ dailyyonder.com/bipartisan-bil…
Excited about new report w/Natalie Geismar: We believe a thriving #rural America is possible & central to America’s future. So we took a close look @ effectiveness of federal rural policy. Lots of takeaways on ways to #DoRightByRural. Thread👇1/
brookings.edu/research/reima…
brookings.edu/research/reima…
Mindset shift needed by policymakers: #rural America more #diverse demographically & economically than most think. More than 1/5 Black & brown; significant entrepreneurialism; major service economy; less than 6% employed in ag. cc @urbaninstitute 2/
urban.org/urban-wire/deb…
urban.org/urban-wire/deb…
A #rural agenda is integral to a #racialequity agenda – see @gbenga_ajilore @KatrinaEBadger.
And #rural will be central to successful #ClimateChange strategies w/large investments in clean energy infrastructure & shifts in food production. 3/
americanprogress.org/issues/economy…
And #rural will be central to successful #ClimateChange strategies w/large investments in clean energy infrastructure & shifts in food production. 3/
americanprogress.org/issues/economy…
