May 18, 2021
As part of Clean Sweep Frederiksted, an economic development and revitalization non-profit focused on the town’s historic district, community members participated in creating a public art trail. Photo courtesy of Clean Sweep Frederiksted.
Washington DC In its ongoing support of rural America, the National Endowment for the Arts announces the communities taking part in this year s
Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design™ (CIRD). This national initiative has two components: workshops and a peer learning cohort. Four workshops across the country will bring together local leaders and residents with design professionals to work on a local design challenge. The members of the peer learning cohort come from 15 communities as diverse as Skagway, Alaska and Manchester, Georgia. All CIRD awardees represent communities with populations of 50,000 or less.
The Daily Yonder Rural Assembly Everywhere Will Focus on Repairing Relationships and Infrastructure Two days of online interactions will feature White House policy official Susan Rice, U.S. Representative Terri Sewell, and a wide range of artists, performers, policy experts, and more.
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Rural Assembly Everywhere returns April 20-21 with a diverse slate of national and local leaders, rural experts, artists, and civic organizers, including Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council Susan Rice.
The free, two-day virtual conference will focus on how to repair a divisive and hurting nation.
The theme “Road to Repair” is a response to questions about how we build a nation that serves all and to calls for unity and repair, said Whitney Kimball Coe, director of the Rural Assembly, which presents the conference.