Rural Networks for Wealth Creation: Impacts and Lessons Learned from US Communities

Tags: Wealth Creation

Client Name: Ford Foundation

Location: United States

Resource Type: Report

Author Org: Rural Support Partners

Author: Paul Castelloe, Thomas Watson, Katy Allen

Year: 2011

This research report presents qualitative data from interviews with 24 practitioners at six networks that are working to create wealth in rural areas across the United States. The report presents findings related to network results, network management, network legal structures, network membership, structures and processes for getting work done in networks, structures and practices for governing networks, funders’ roles in networks, and the key building blocks of a successful network.

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