The Rural Renaissance Roadshow brings together rural leaders from across the US and equips them to build thriving local clean energy futures through inspiration, education, partnerships, and practical technical and funding support.
Imagine tent revival meets county fair, centered in values including joyful service, sharing power, and getting good things done.
Equip attendees with inspiration, technical support, funding opportunities, partners, and a community of like-minded colleagues.
Get good stuff done in our communities that will help ensure that rural communities and small towns will thrive.
Looking to drive sustainability and joy in your community? Join us for an engaging webinar where we’ll
explore how Arkansas' Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) and other evolving funding opportunities from
state and federal sources can be used to build sustainable infrastructure that contributes to local economic and environmental goals.
Our panel of experts will share insights and strategies that are directly relevant to local change-makers, including how Arkansas’ CPRG will fund:
During this webinar, Joshua D. Robertson (Director of Sustainability & Citizen Services for the City of Fort Smith),
Bernadette Gunn Rhodes, MPA, AICP (Senior Regional Planner for Partnerships and Grants at the Metropolitan Planning Organization
for Central Arkansas), and Nicholas Smaligo, Ph.D. (Community Resilience Liaison at the Center for Rural Engagement) will share insight on
the changing landscape of rural funding opportunities and Arkansas' Climate Pollution Reduction Grant.
This webinar offers a valuable opportunity to gain insights, share ideas, and connect with others working to make their communities more
sustainable and resilient.
The 2024 Rural Renaissance Roadshow happening in Macon, Georgia this November 11-14!
I can’t begin to tell you how proud I am to see that peach in our Rural Renaissance quilt this year, celebrating that we’re heading to my home state of Georgia – and to Macon, to be precise – for this year’s Roadshow!
On February 7th, Groundswell and Pastor Billy Humphrey, Founder and Executive Director of City of Refuge, joined together for an online discussion about Direct Pay's impact on non-profits. Pastor Humphrey has seen firsthand what the "Direct Pay" provisions of the IRA can mean for non-profits. He will share examples of the impact of direct pay on his community, and we'll answer questions about what this could mean for your community.
When the time came for Randy Vaal to speak in front of friends, neighbors, and strangers about what had brought him to the table, only one word came to him: atonement. We were seated in a big circle, all 35 of us in a room at the Sisters of St. Benedict Monastery in rural Ferdinand, Indiana. Around the tables were a number of Sisters and their community stakeholders, representatives from Indiana University, and Randy’s fellow members of Southern Indiana Citizens for Quality of Life (SWICQL, affectionately pronounced as “swickel”).
