Youth Leaders Clean up Sweet Home’s Ashbrook Park
This winter and spring, a dozen youth in Sweet Home, OR, participated in RDI's inaugural Youth Rural Community Leadership program to expand their skills, meet others in the community, and…
This Time, Rural Needs to Be the Focus of Our Recovery
By Heidi Khokhar, Executive Director, Rural Development Initiatives For decades, rural economies have experienced relentless economic downturns and instability. The decline of the timber industry and the recent recession hit…
We’re Hiring!
RDI is hiring a Program Manager to be a major player in our economic vitality efforts throughout the rural Pacific Northwest.We are looking for a dynamic person who can design,…
Essential Steps to Successful Latino Engagement and Outreach: An Online Training
You’re invited to join us for a two-hour virtual training on Wednesday, May 26, beginning at 10 a.m. Pacific.Latino business owners are helping drive the economic recovery in rural Oregon.…