Ten Rural Partnerships Chosen for National Effort to Rethink and Revitalize Economies in Rural Communities

After a national call for proposals, ten partnerships have been selected by CivicLab to participate in a three-year incubator to rethink and revitalize their communities by strengthening rural higher education and employment systems. Supported by Ascendium Education Group and ECMC Foundation, the $2.6M grant initiative provides training, technical assistance, and direct financial support for system-level strategies that create stronger education-to-employment pathways aligned to future economies.