Center 2019 Update Joint ASRED & SAAESD Meeting March 2019 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Southern Rural Development Center 2019 Update Joint ASRED & SAAESD Meeting March 2019 Steve Turner, SRDC Director

Overview  Southern Priorities and Activities  Responding to National Priorities  Why Rural Development?

Plan of Work: Three Priorities  Developing Pathways to Resilient Communities  Building Strategic Partnerships  Mobilizing Resources around Emerging Issues and Opportunities

Developing Pathways to Resilient Communities  SERA 47: Local Food Systems  Broadband Access and Adoption • National Digital Education Extension Team (NDEET) • 4-H Digital Ambassadors, Tech Changemaker Initiative • National Sustainability Summit April 16-19, 2019

Building Strategic Partnerships  Walmart – CREATE BRIDGES: Retail in Rural America  USDA Office of Partnership and Public Engagement  APLU  Southern Region Program Leadership Network (PLN)  Southern Region Community Resource Development Indicators

Mobilizing Resources around Emerging Issues & Opportunities  Community Capacity Building  Coming Together for Racial Understanding  Community Development 101 Workshop  Community Facilitation Training  Community Development Monthly Webinar Series  Infrastructure – Rural Water & Sewer Emphasis  Review literature on Extension activities  Identify promising practices for disaster resilience  Heirs’ Property

Participating States - 2018 2019 Workshop: Planning Underway

Heir Property  SRDC Actions  87 LGU, non-LGU, and non-profit professionals identified  Steering Committee formed  USDA/AFRI SEED grant  Regional Partners:  Southern-Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (S-SARE)  Southern Risk Management Education Center  North Central Extension and Research Activity (NCERA2172)  Administrative Advisors:  ASRED: Robert Burns, University of Tennessee  SAAESD: Reuben Moore, Mississippi State University  AEA invitation  ARD invitation

Southern Region Community Development Extension Impacts 2017-18 12 Universities Reporting

USDA Ag. & Rural Prosperity Priorities: • E-Connectivity • Improving Quality of Life • Supporting a Rural Workforce • Harnessing Technological Innovation • Economic Development

Why Rural Development? • Is it a good investment? • What part does it play in economic and civic health of your state? • Where are your good stories?

Questions, Thoughts, Discussion