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Steve Turner, SRDC Director
Southern Rural Development Center 2019 Update
Joint ASRED & SAAESD Meeting March 2019
Overview
- Southern Priorities and Activities
- Responding to National Priorities
- Why Rural Development?
Center 2019 Update Joint ASRED & SAAESD Meeting March 2019 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Center 2019 Update Joint ASRED & SAAESD Meeting March 2019 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Southern Rural Development Center 2019 Update Joint ASRED & SAAESD Meeting March 2019 Steve Turner, SRDC Director Overview Southern Priorities and Activities Responding to National Priorities Why Rural Development? Plan of
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Plan of Work:
Three Priorities
- Developing Pathways to Resilient Communities
- Building Strategic Partnerships
- Mobilizing Resources around Emerging Issues and Opportunities
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Developing Pathways to Resilient Communities
- SERA 47: Local Food Systems
- Broadband Access and Adoption
- National Digital Education Extension Team (NDEET)
- 4-H Digital Ambassadors, Tech Changemaker Initiative
- National Sustainability Summit
April 16-19, 2019
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Building Strategic Partnerships
- Walmart – CREATE BRIDGES: Retail in Rural America
- USDA Office of Partnership and Public Engagement
- APLU
- Southern Region Program Leadership Network (PLN)
- Southern Region Community Resource Development Indicators
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Mobilizing Resources around Emerging Issues & Opportunities
- Community Capacity Building
- Coming Together for Racial Understanding
- Community Development 101 Workshop
- Community Facilitation Training
- Community Development Monthly Webinar Series
- Infrastructure – Rural Water & Sewer Emphasis
- Review literature on Extension activities
- Identify promising practices for disaster resilience
- Heirs’ Property
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Participating States - 2018
2019 Workshop: Planning Underway
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Heir Property
- SRDC Actions
- 87 LGU, non-LGU, and non-profit professionals identified
- Steering Committee formed
- USDA/AFRI SEED grant
- Regional Partners:
- Southern-Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (S-SARE)
- Southern Risk Management Education Center
- North Central Extension and Research Activity (NCERA2172)
- Administrative Advisors:
- ASRED: Robert Burns, University of Tennessee
- SAAESD: Reuben Moore, Mississippi State University
- AEA invitation
- ARD invitation
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Southern Region Community Development Extension Impacts 2017-18
12 Universities Reporting
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USDA Ag. & Rural Prosperity Priorities:
- E-Connectivity
- Improving Quality of Life
- Supporting a Rural Workforce
- Harnessing Technological
Innovation
- Economic Development
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Why Rural Development?
- Is it a good investment?
- What part does it play in economic and civic health of your state?
- Where are your good stories?
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