<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Aspen CSG</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:csg.program@aspeninst.org">csg.program@aspeninst.org</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Sep 23, 2022 at 9:01 AM<br>Subject: đź“ŁÂ Exciting Update from CSG!<br><br></div><br><br><div class="msg9031182295066774638"><u></u>
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<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:125%;text-align:left">We're pleased to announce our new<a href="https://aspencsg.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b551d018f08dff51178c763b7&id=df6ad582c1&e=fe142dac21" title="https://www.aspencsg.org/" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"> website</a>! We have always endeavored to capture and share the field’s collective wisdom and cooperation, so we designed the website to easily find curated content from partners and resources from Aspen CSG to support your work for an equitable and prosperous rural America.</p>
<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:125%;text-align:left">The website features one of our most important resources, the<a href="https://aspencsg.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b551d018f08dff51178c763b7&id=d58d7913d9&e=fe142dac21" title="https://www.aspencsg.org/thrive-rural/" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"> Thrive Rural Framework</a> — a tool for local assessment, priority setting, strategy, and action. Visit its new page to <a href="https://aspencsg.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b551d018f08dff51178c763b7&id=1c9e9bee50&e=fe142dac21" title="https://www.aspencsg.org/thrive-rural/" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">explore</a> the framework’s building blocks. Each building block page includes supporting research, reports, media, and/or tools to help you better understand what the building block looks like in action. Rural advocates are already using the framework to ensure communities and Native nations across the rural United States are healthy places where everyone belongs, lives with dignity, and thrives. </p>
<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:125%;text-align:left">A big thank you to everyone who worked on not only the creation of this new website but also on all of the materials which call this new site home. And if you have resources you think should be added, <a href="https://aspencsg.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b551d018f08dff51178c763b7&id=b4a8b79cf8&e=fe142dac21" title="https://www.aspencsg.org/connect/" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">let us know</a>! </p>
<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:125%;text-align:left">As always, the Aspen CSG team appreciates all of your time and effort in our endeavors, and we cannot wait to see what the future will hold for us.</p>
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<span style="font-size:30px"><strong>Measuring Momentum As Progress </strong></span>
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Momentum is evidence of rural progress and success, making it a vital element of the Local Theory of Change in the Thrive Rural Framework.<br>
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Increasing youth and young adult engagement are excellent indicators of momentum because they increase children’s and young adults’ belief – and local hope – that they can find a way to stay or move back to the community. Also important is a community’s sense of pride in itself, or a willingness among locals to invest in a community, often without expectation of external support or reward.<br>
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One guiding principle highlighted in <a href="https://aspencsg.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b551d018f08dff51178c763b7&id=e546ea65b0&e=fe142dac21" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Measure Up: Call to Action</a> is to <strong>identify, value, and measure signals of local momentum as progress toward rural prosperity</strong>.<br>
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When communities set and act on their own priorities, momentum builds and leans forward. An example of an organization working to build momentum within a community can be seen in the recent work of Trust for Public Land (TPL). TPL is a national advocate for public spaces of all kinds. TPL partnered with community members to redevelop a small park in South Wenatchee, Washington, a small town in the heart of the largest tree-fruit-growing region in the US.<br>
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With a second grant from TPL, local leaders in the neighborhood formed their own organization, Parque Padrinos, to continue enacting small incremental change. Parque Padrinos members contributed to the community in various ways and led a vaccine equity initiative during the early days of the pandemic. Over time, they accumulated trust, credibility, capacity, and the power to make a greater impact.<br>
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Recommendations for government, philanthropy, and rural practitioners:
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<span style="font-size:30px"><strong>National Hispanic Heritage Month</strong></span>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:125%;text-align:left">Happy National Hispanic Heritage Month! As you may be aware, the 2020 Census showed that Hispanics represent the <a href="https://aspencsg.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b551d018f08dff51178c763b7&id=bcd18f1957&e=fe142dac21" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">largest share</a> of the rural minority population. Demographic growth in many rural places is due to welcoming new Hispanic residents, including immigrants. </p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:125%;text-align:left">Consider a <a href="https://aspencsg.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b551d018f08dff51178c763b7&id=99a7eb99e5&e=fe142dac21" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">recent news story</a> (sorry if you hit a paywall) that explores how residents of one politically conservative Iowa community are starting a new initiative to recruit Hispanic residents. </p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:125%;text-align:left">Shrinking rural communities may need new residents to help fill job vacancies, but creating a welcoming community must be done intentionally and inclusively – not just for Hispanic residents but all current and potential residents. To learn more, check out <a href="https://aspencsg.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b551d018f08dff51178c763b7&id=4023492d63&e=fe142dac21" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Welcome All to the Community</a>, a building block in the <a href="https://aspencsg.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b551d018f08dff51178c763b7&id=bf61171a39&e=fe142dac21" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Thrive Rural Framework</a>. <br>
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We also want to highlight the second annual Aspen Latino Business & Entrepreneurship Summit, which will bring cross-sector leaders to Washington DC, on October 18 to discuss policies, practices, and programs that support Latino business owners and entrepreneurs. Register <a href="https://aspencsg.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b551d018f08dff51178c763b7&id=896aac362e&e=fe142dac21" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
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<em>Updated weekly: See our <a href="https://aspencsg.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b551d018f08dff51178c763b7&id=b918445e26&e=fe142dac21" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">federal resource page</a> for a list of federal opportunities for rural people and places.</em>
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