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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Under Secretary Xochitl Torres Small today announced that USDA and the University of Kentucky’s Community and Economic Development
Initiative of Kentucky unveiled a free <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDAsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA1MzEuNTg2Nzg2NjEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5ydXJhbHBsYWNlbWFraW5nLmNvbS8ifQ.0T60sH2Ln6ghwvGU9n7-Rh4luubvtY1aCYwkopYFxkU/s/1440251602/br/132149393539-l"><span style="color:#295A8E">digital
toolkit</span></a> to help rural leaders build placemaking plans in small towns and communities across America. <br>
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“When rural people thrive, all America thrives. The Biden-Harris Administration is committed to ensuring rural Americans can build a good life and succeed in the communities they love,” Torres Small said. “That takes investment in the physical, digital, and
social infrastructure that builds and strengthens successful communities. Physical infrastructure like roads, bridges, dams, and waterways, provides a foundation for safety and opportunity. High-speed internet and other digital infrastructure, rural people
can connect to learning, job opportunities and markets around the world. When combined with social infrastructure, like good schools, health clinics, public parks, community organizations, and cultural venues, rural places can thrive. USDA is a proud partner
to rural communities investing in their futures.”<br>
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Through this interactive toolkit, rural leaders can conduct assessments to determine their community’s readiness for placemaking activities. The toolkit includes examples of placemaking projects based on a community’s readiness that rural leaders can replicate
in their communities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The toolkit also will help rural leaders identify national and regional technical assistance providers, funders and resource guides to implement rural placemaking activities in their
communities. Regional and national technical assistance providers and funding organizations may request to be added to the toolkit’s directory.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">For more information, visit: <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA1MzEuNTg2Nzg2NjEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5ydXJhbHBsYWNlbWFraW5nLmNvbS8ifQ.J4PfIHiri3sR84rfGhK98IsrI2oRCT69QgVXV9a5iXY/s/1440251602/br/132149393539-l"><span style="color:#295A8E">Rural
America Placemaking Toolkit (ruralplacemaking.com).</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">David A. Milliron, Credentialed City Manager (ICMA-CM)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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