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Rural Strategy - VA Rural Center is a uniquely structured group comprised of local government, state government, federal government, for profit and non profit business and organizations working together to meet the needs of the citizens of rural Virginia. 

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The Rural Center promotes collaboration and serves as a catalyst for economic growth for all Virginians. 

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And is leading a statewide Strategy to address the following key issues:

1. Reinvigorate community and civic leadership in rural areas to offset out-migration

2. Impacting job creation and expansion, workforce training and economic development

3. Qualify secondary education, specifically, in underserved rural areas

4. Promoting resource development, (broadband, energy, transportation) that includes all aspects of community life in rural regions

5. Ensuring access to acceptable and necessary health care services in rural Virginia

6. Supporting the creation of sustainable systems for natural resources, agriculture and energy production and consumption

7. Enhancing and preserving livable space, the traditional rural quality of life, and the countryside’s open space for future generations.

Community Capacity
Woody Harris & Ellen Davis

Economic Development
Basil Gooden

Agriculture/Natural Resources
Jay Poole

 

VA Dept. Commerce and Trade

VA Department of Technology

Virginia Department of Education

VA Community College System

Universities and Colleges

VA Dept. Housing/Community Dev

Virginia Economic Bridge

VA Employment Commission

Virginia Community Foundations

VA Department of Business Assistance

UVA Weldon Cooper Center

VA Association of Counties

VA Municipal League

Virginia Planning Districts

VA and Local Chamber of Commerce

VA Economic Development Partnership 

Virginia Association of RC&D Councils

 

 

VA Department of Commerce and Trade

Virginia Economic Development Partnership

VA Department of Housing/Community Dev

Virginia Resource Authority

Virginia Housing Development Authority

Virginia Bankers Association

VA Economic Developers Association

USDA Rural Development

Virginia Economic Bridge

VA Economic Development Partnership

VA Extension Leadership Council

Va Farm Credit Association

Virginia Association of RC&D Councils

 

 

VA Dept. Ag and Consumer Services

VA Food System Council

VA Energy Coalition

VA Dept. Mines, Minerals and Energy

Virginia Agribusiness Council

Virginia Farm Bureau

Colleges and Universities

USDA Farm Service Agency

VA Dept. Environmental Equality

VA Dept. Conservation and Recreation

USDA Rural Development

Virginia Association of RC&D Councils 

Education
Oliver McBride

Infrastructure
Bryan David & Dee Walton

Health Care
Ward Stevens & Laurie Moran

 

VA Department of Education

Superintendent of Public Instruction

Virginia Community College Systems

Technical and Vocational Centers

Higher Education Centers

Colleges and Universities

Workforce and Occupational Centers

Virginia Economic Bridge
Virginia Association of RC&D Councils

 

VA Department of Technology

VA Department of Commerce and Trade

VA Department of Transportation

VA Department of Environmental Quality

Center for Innovative Technology

Virginia Broadband Coalition and Roundtable

VA Energy Coalition

VA Department of Mines/Minerals/Energy

VA Dept. Housing/Community Development

USDA Rural Development

Virginia Economic Development Partnership

Virginia Tobacco Commission

VA Department of Rail /Public Transportation
Virginia Association of RC&D Councils

 

VA Dept. Health and Human Services

Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine

VCU Medical Systems

UVA Health Systems

Virginia Rural Health Association

Virginia Rural Health Resource Center

Virginia Tele-health Association

UVA Dental School

UVA Wise Graduate Medical Ed. Center

VA Community College System

Nat. Rural Health Association

Nat. Org-State Offices of Rural Health

Federal Office of Rural Health Policy

Virginia Economic Bridge

USDA Rural Development

VA Primary Care Association
Virginia Association of RC&D Councils
 

State wide

AgrAbility Virginia

Alleghany County

Black Diamond RC&D Council

Carroll County Public Schools

CVS Pharmacy

Dabney S. Lancaster Community College

Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine

Farm Credit of the Virginias

First Bank and Trust

Franklin County

George Mason University

Commonwealth of Virginia

Virginia General Assembly

Who is My Legislator?

Current Events at the Capitol

Halifax County Public Schools

HRSA - Rural Health Policy

Institute for Advanced Learning & Research

James Madison University - Economic Development

James Madison University – Health Sciences

King George County

LEAD Virginia

Medco

National Rural Health Association
Virginia Association of RC&D Councils

Near Southwest Preparedness Alliance
Nelson County

Nelson County Rural Health Outreach

Northern Neck Planning District Commission

Old Dominion Electric Cooperative

Radford University – Economic Dev. Office

Roanoke Valley – Alleghany Regional Comm.

Rural Economic Analysis Program (REAP)

Rural Policy Research Institute

Rural School and Community Trust

Scott County Economic Development Authority

Shenandoah County Free Clinic

Southeast RCAP, Inc.

Southern Piedmont Technology Council

The Crooked Road

Total Action Against Poverty

University of Virginia – School of Nursing

US Forest Services

US. Census Bureau: Data Access Tools

USDA – Office of Community Development

USDA – Rural Development

USDA-Rural Development in Virginia

Virginia Association of Free Clinic

Virginia Association of RC&D Councils

Virginia Community Healthcare Association
Virginia Association of RC&D Councils

 

 

Virginia Cooperative Extension

Virginia Farm Bureau 

Virginia Department of Forestry

Virginia Department of Health

Office of Health Policy & Planning

Virginia Dept .of Housing and Community Dev.

Virginia Economic Bridge

Virginia Employment Commission/WIA Centers

Virginia Health Care Foundation

Virginia Health Quality Center

Virginia Native Plant Society

Virginia Rural Health Association

Virginia Rural Health Resource Center

Virginia State Police

Virginia Tech – Dept. of Ag and Applied Economics

Virginia Tech – Rural Economics Analysis Program

Virginia Tobacco Commission

Virginia/Maryland/Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives

Virginia’s Center for Innovative Technology

Woods Rogers Consulting

Community College / Workforce Development 
Virginia Association of RC&D Councils

 

Building Partnerships
Forming Rural Networks

W. K. Kellogg Foundation

Rural People, Rural Policy

2007-2008 RPRP Report

Year 1 Activity

 

W. K. Kellogg Foundation

Rural People, Rural Policy

2008- 2009 RPRP Report

Year 2 Activity

 

W. K. Kellogg Foundation

Rural People, Rural Policy

2009 - 2010 RPRP Report

Year 3 Activity

 

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