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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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Steve Turner, SRDC Director

Southern Rural Development Center 2019 Update

Joint ASRED & SAAESD Meeting March 2019

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Overview

  • Southern Priorities and Activities
  • Responding to National Priorities
  • Why Rural Development?
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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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Questions, Thoughts, Discussion