Innovators in Rural Community Economic Development

Rural Community Capacity Building Learning Cluster

Tags: Community Economic Development, Learning Communities, Research

Client Name: Aspen Institute

Client Type: Education/Research Institution

Year: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000

Location: Washington DC

Yellow Wood Associates, Inc. surveyed members of the Learning Cluster to determine the variety of approaches being used to build rural community capacity, resulting in a report entitled Community Capacity Building, What Is It? for the Aspen Institute. Results are of interest to communities, practitioners, funders and policy-makers. The Principal of Yellow Wood Associates, Inc. was a participating member of the Aspen Institute’s Rural Community Capacity Building Learning Cluster. Members of the cluster include experienced rural development practitioners from around the country.