Podcast explores how federal rural policy could improve - Entrepreneur Generations

A new podcast series called Reimagining Rural Policy explores federal rural policy and how it can be changed for the better. The series is produced by Rural Matters with underwriting and editorial leadership from the Brookings Institution.

Anthony Pipa and Natalie Geismar of the Center for Sustainable Development write: "Through conversations with influential thinkers, practitioners, and policymakers, the series provides a road map for the Biden-Harris administration to reimagine federal policy so that it meets the diverse realities of today’s rural people and places: investing in their leadership and institutions, building on their assets and innovation, and providing their communities an on-ramp for sustained prosperity.

In Episode 1, "Reimagining Rural Policy," Brookings Senior Fellow Tony Pipa and Janet Topolsky, executive director of the Aspen Institute's Community Strategies Group, draw from Brookings' "Reimagining Rural Policy" report to provide an overview of federal rural policy, which they describe as fragmented and incoherent. They also highlight key reforms they believe policymakers must reconsider to better meet rural needs.

Episode 2, "Federal Policy to Meet the Diversity of Today's Rural America and Tribal Nations," features rural development experts discussing how policy can be sensitive to diverse rural and Tribal communities. Participants include Gbenga Ajilore, a senior advisor in the Agriculture Department's Rural Development; Kennedy O'Dell, a senior research and policy associate at the Economic Innovation Group, and Erik Stegman, executive director of Native Americans in Philanthropy.

Episode 3, "Capacity Building as Key to Successful Rural Development," explores how the federal government can jumpstart equitable rural prosperity by investing in workforce development and encouraging regional collaboration, as well as how the federal government can better leverage development programs through recent pandemic stimulus-and-relief funding. The featured speakers are Cheryal Hills, executive director of Region Five Development Commission in Minnesota and Rob Riley, president of the Northern Forest Center in New England.

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