Progress 09/01/20 to 08/31/22

Outputs
Target Audience:The primary target audiences for the work accomplished in this effort are the faculty and professional staffs of the southern region's 30 Land-Grant Universities. Other audiences of the program include the partners of the southern Land-Grant University system, including faculty and professional staffs of the Land-Grant University system in other regions of the country, state economic and social development agencies, local community stakeholders, governmental policy makers at all levels, policy analytical organizations, and non-profit and philanthropic organizations. Changes/Problems:Challenges of navigating COVID restrictions and safety protocols continued as work vacillatedbetween virtual and face-to-face as opportunities existed. SRDC continuedto align efforts with best practices for the safety of its stakeholders. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?NIFA Coming Together for Racial Understanding Tasting Sessions, virtual, January 20, 2022 (two sessions); January 21, 2022 (two sessions), June 15, 2022 September 2021 through August 2022 - Organized meetings of the Broadband Impacts and Quality of Life Research Team, organized through the Southern Rural Development Center and National Digital Education Extension Team. Virtual. September 13, 2021. SERA-47 Learning Community Webinar Series - "Marketing Strategies to Help a Food Business Grow", Virtual September 14, 2021. Stronger Together - Research Based Best Practices for Working with Heir Property Landowners, Virtual September 30, 2021 - Green, J.J. Invited guest lecture for Introduction to Demography, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Virtual. October 12, 2021. CRED - "Impact Statement Writing", Virtual October 13, 2021 - Exploring Extension's Potential in Broadband Efforts. Breakout leader/facilitator for National Extension Directors' Association. October 27, 2021 - Making It Count: Applying Science to Support Universal Broadband Adoption Conference. Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities. November 10, 2021. Presenters: Dunn, J., Maness, M. & Siems, S. Creating Bridges for the Rural Retail Workforce: Bringing Businesses and Employees Together to Identify Long-Term Employment Solutions for Rural Retail and Tourism. National Extension Tourism Conference, Savannah, GA. November 11, 2021. SERA-47 Learning Community Webinar Series - "Creating a More Equitable Food System for All", Virtual December 7, 2021 - Launching Coming Together for Racial Understanding: A Preview for New States. December 7, 2021. Coming Together for Racial Understanding: An Invitation for New States, Virtual December 13, 2021. SERA-47 2021 Annual Meeting, Virtual December 14, 2021. SERA-47 2021 Annual Meeting, Virtual December 15, 2021. SERA-47 2021 Annual Meeting, Virtual December 15, 2021. The Role of Extension in Improving Wealth of Mississippi Landowners and Farmers: "What We Need to Know About Heir Property", Virtual January 2022. Authors: Kelly, C., Green, J., Welborn, R., Garner, R., Langford, G., DeFelice, C., & Narmour, L. Southern Rural Development Center Building Bridges Toward Future Prosperity: 2021 Annual Report. Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University, MS. NIFA Support Acknowledged. January - March 2022 - Coming Together for Racial Understanding Learning Labs (two series), virtual. January 8, March 1, 8, June 17; (virtual); Omaha, NE. April 26-28, 2022 - Coming Together for Racial Understanding Train-the-Training Workshop, face to face, January 11, 2022 - Coming Together for Racial Understanding Introduction, virtual. January 14, 28, February 11, 25, 2022 - Coming Together for Racial Understanding Administrative Leadership Series, virtual. January 25, 2022. CRED- "Using the Community Capitals Framework to Measure Program Impacts", Virtual January 27, February 2, 10, 17, March 3, 12, 2022 - NIFA Facing Racism in a Diverse Nation Dialogue Series, virtual. March 15, 2022. SERA-47 - Informational Meeting, Virtual March 21, 2022 - Green, J. Population change and rural development: Implications for rural population health. Invited guest lecture for Rural Population Health, University Medical Center School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi. Jackson, MS. March 23, 2022. Listening Session - Broadband and the Digital Divide, Virtual March 23, 2022 - Investing in Rural Recovery: National Broadband Listening Session. April 8, 2022 - Teixeira Poit, S. & Green, J.J. Serving as a journal editor. Panel session at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society. Birmingham, AL. April 20, 2022 - Investing in Rural Recovery: Southern Region Listening Session. April 20, 2022. Listening Session - Southern Region, Virtual April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2022 - SOUL Facing Racism in a Diverse Nation, virtual. May 3-5, 2022 - Advancing Digital Access: Building Extension Capacity to Serve, St. Louis, MO. May 3, 10, 24, June 14, 28, 2022 - Coming Together for Racial Understanding Virtual Upskill Workshop, virtual. May 16, 2022. Presenters: Garner, R. & Langford, G. Resolving Heirs' Property Issues: Its Role in Community Sustainability. Presentation at the 2022 National Energy Extension Summit / National Sustainability Summit, State College, PA. NIFA Support Acknowledged. May 16, 2022. Presenters: Langford, G. & Garner, R. CREATE BRIDGES: Sustainable Community Development for Retail, Tourism, Accommodations, and Entertainment. Presentation at the 2022 National Energy Extension Summit / National Sustainability Summit, State College, PA. NIFA Support Acknowledged. June 6, 2022. Presenters: Langford, G., McCullough, S., Siems, S., Davis, A., Welborn, R. Dunn, J., . . . Mathews, B. CREATE BRIDGES: Celebrating REtail, Accommodations, Tourism, and Entertainment by Building Rural Innovations and Developing Growth Economies. Poster session presented at the National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals, Indianapolis, IN. NIFA Support Acknowledged. June 6, 2022. Editors: Siems, S., Langford, G. & Dunn, J. CREATE BRIDGES Project: Celebrating REtail, Accommodations, Tourism, and Entertainment by Building Rural Innovations and Developing Growth Economies. Information sheet, updated. Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University, MS. NIFA Support Acknowledged. Distributed at the National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals. June 19-July 1, 2022. Delta Scholars Program for Emerging Undergraduate Leaders, co-organized by the Mississippi State University Shackouls Honors College, Southern Rural Development Center, and Delta Directions Consortium. Clarksdale and Starkville, MS. July 12-13, 2022 - Coming Together for Racial Understanding: Reflecting on Our Path to Chart Future Steps, Richmond, VA. July 28, 2022 - Understanding the Digital Divide through a Lens of Race, virtual. August 12, 2022 - Coalition & Partnership Development webinar with National Digital Inclusion Alliance, virtual. August 22-25, 2022 - Southern Region Program Leadership Network Joint Meeting, Ft. Worth, TX. August 30-31, 2021 - CREATE BRIDGES Lexington Meeting. Lexington, KY. This meeting was an opportunity for team leaders to hold peer-to-peer learning sessions and to plan for future program activities. August 18, 2022. SR-PLN Collaboration Pre-Conference 2022; "Innovative Land Grant Collaborations: Stories of 1862, 1890, and 1994 Institutions Working Together" How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?October 2021. Entsminger, J., Bednarikova, Z., Garner, R., Gayle, R., Goetz, S., Green, J.J., Pan, Y., Welborn, R., & Wiatt, R. Investing in Rural Recovery: Findings from a Rapid Assessment of Stakeholder Priorities for Rural Development. Regional Rural Development Centers. https://rrdc.usu.edu/files/assessment-of-stakeholder-priorities-for-rural-development_oct2021.pdf October 1, 2021 - Welborn, R. Status and Plans for the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program Action Team. Extension Committee on Organization and Policy Executive Directors' Team. October 13 & December 8, 2021. Welborn, R. & Green, J.J. Southern Rural Development Center updates for the Southern Region Community Resource Development State Program Leaders meetings. Virtual. October 22, 2021. Green, J.J. 2021. Investigation the components of population change: Demographic resources relevant to rural research. Department of Agricultural Economics Seminar Series, Mississippi State University. Virtual. December 2021. Kelly, C. (Editor), C. DeFelice, J. Garner, J. Green, G. Langford, L. Narmour, & R. Welborn (Contributors). 2021. Building Bridges Toward Prosperity: Southern Rural Development Center Annual Report. MS State: Southern Rural Development Center. Available online at: http://srdc.msstate.edu/publications/annual/annual_report_2021_reduced.pdf January 2022. Kelly, C., Green, J., Welborn, R., Garner, R., Langford, G., DeFelice, C., & Narmour, L. (2022). Southern Rural Development Center Building Bridges Toward Future Prosperity: 2021 Annual Report. January 13, 2022 - Southern Region, National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals. January 19, 2022. Green, J.J. Southern Rural Development Center updates for the Association of Extension Administrators and Association of 1890 Research Directors. Virtual. February 4, 2022. Green, J.J. & Entsminger, J. Meeting with U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development staff concerning USDA Rural Development Rural Community Strategies. Virtual. February 14, 2022. Garner, R. 50 Years of Rural Development: The Regional Rural Development Centers and the Southern Focus. Presentation at the 2022 Southern Rural Sociological Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA. NIFA Support Acknowledged. February 14, 2022. Garner, R. Local and Regional Food Systems in the South: Engaging New Frontiers. Poster Presentation at the 2022 Southern Rural Sociological Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA. NIFA Support Acknowledged. March 8, 2022. Green, J.J. Delta population change has implications for weathering the future. Rural Population Research Network Brief, #2022-5. https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/POPULATIONASSOCIATION/3e04a602-09fe-49d8-93e4-1dd0069a7f14/UploadedImages/GPAC/Rural_America_Briefing_2022/Green_2022-5_FINAL.pdf March 18, 2022. Green, J.J. Delta population change has implications for weathering the future. Presentation. Small towns/big trends: Demographic insights on living, working, and thriving in Rural America briefing. Rural Population Research Network, Population Association of America, Association of Population Centers, and the Interdisciplinary Network on Rural Population Health and Aging. Virtual. March 19, 2022. Green, J.J. Reflections on community-based cooperatives in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Mississippi Association of Cooperatives and the Rural Development Act. Presentation. Mississippi Association of Cooperatives meeting. Jackson, MS. March 25, 2022. Broadband and the digital divide. Regional Rural Development Centers Briefing for the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), U.S. Department of Agriculture. Virtual. April 4-5, 2022. Southern Rural Development Center exhibit table at the Biennial Research Symposium of the Association of 1890 Research Directors. Atlanta, GA. May 16, 2022. Garner, R. & Langford, G. Resolving Heirs' Property Issues: Its Role in Community Sustainability Presentation at the 2022 National Energy Extension Summit / National Sustainability Summit, State College, PA. NIFA Support Acknowledged. May 16, 2022. Langford, G. & Garner, R. CREATE BRIDGES: Sustainable Community Development for Retail, Tourism, Accommodations, and Entertainment. Presentation at the 2022 National Energy Extension Summit / National Sustainability Summit, State College, PA. NIFA Support Acknowledged. May 17, 2022. Green, J.J. & Welborn, R. Southern Rural Development Center updates for the Association of Extension Administrators, Association of 1890 Research Directors, Association of Southern Region Extension Directors, and Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors. Southern Region Mini-Land Grant Meeting. College Station, TX. May 17-18, 2022. Southern Region Mini Land Grant Meeting. College Station, TX June 2, 2022. Entsminger, J., Green, J.J., & Welborn. R. Food systems and rural community development. Regional Rural Development Centers Briefing for the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), U.S. Department of Agriculture. Virtual. June 6, 2022. National Community Resource Development State Program Leaders Meeting, National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals Conference. Indianapolis, IN. June 23, 2022. Garner, R. Resolving Heirs' Property Issues: Its Role in Community Vitality in the Delta Region Presentation at the 2022 Delta Regional Forum, Clarksdale, MS. NIFA Support Acknowledged. June 23-24, 2022. Delta Regional Forum, co-organized by the Southern Rural Development Center, University of Mississippi Center for Population Studies, and the Delta Directions Consortium. Clarksdale, MS. August 2, 2022. Malone, A., Toombs, Steel, D., Green, J.J., & Cosby, T. Third general session. Panel Session. Association of Extension Administrators Conference, Orlando, FL. Quarterly calls - SRDC Board of Directors and Technical Operations & Advisory Committee quarterly calls and annual meeting (October 19-20, 2021, January 10, 12; April 11, 13; July 11, 13, 2022. Monthly calls - Extension Committee on Organization and Policy, monthly calls, Regional Rural Development Center updates Monthly calls - Extension Committee on Organization and Policy Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program Action Team Monthly calls - Extension Committee on Organization and Policy Broadband Program Action Team. Bi-monthly calls - Southern Region Community Resource Development State Program Leaders Meetings (August 24-26, 2021; October 13, 2021; December 8, 2021; February 9, 2022; April 13, 2022; June 15, 2022; July 13, 2022). SRDC maintains and disseminates information through several active listservs dedicated to specific stakeholder group needs including broadband, heirs' property, National Community Development Program Leaders, eight State Program Leader groups in the Southern Region, local/regional foods, Regional Rural Development Centers, Coming Together for Racial Understanding teams. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Nothing Reported

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? The Southern Rural Development Center focused on its three overarching priorities (1) Develop Pathways to Resilient Communities, (2) Build Strategic Partnerships, and (3) Mobilize Resources around Emerging Issues and Opportunities. The following accomplishments were achieved related to each: Priority 1 - Develop Pathways to Resilient Communities. (a) SRDC continued to facilitate the work of the SERA 47 local and regional foods initiative as they launched their new five year SERA plan which was approved in fall 2021 with these working groups: Resource Bank, Learning, and Engagement Working Group (increase interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary collaborations and networking efforts among Extension and research food system professionals across the region); Food System Resiliency and Development Working Group (identify current and emerging issues specific to food system development in the Southern region); and Policy, Systems, and Environmental Change Working Group (assess local food system policy, opportunities for expansion, environmental change, and economic development issues, make policy recommendations, and develop best practices for communities across the region). An output from the Resource Bank working group was a repository of Extension/Research resources related to local foods (https://sera-47.extension.org/covid-19-resources/). (b) The Center worked with the National Digital Education Extension Team to develop new curriculum and launch a pilot training to support Extension efforts to advance digital equity. Ten states participated in the initial training (http://srdc.msstate.edu/ecommerce/advancing-digital-access.html). This team has also joined hands with the ECOP Broadband Program Action Team, and as such has developed a Community of Practice and repository for shared resources (https://connect.extension.org/g/broadband-access-and-digital-skills). With NIFA AFRI funding, SRDC also began working in partnership with 1890 LGU colleagues on designing and disseminating tools for helping close the digital divide among underserved communities. The 4H TechChangemaker project was completed in early 2021. (c) SRDC continued to facilitate monthly networking of research, Extension, and non-profits working on heirs' property issues. This year, a subset of this team developed a training curriculum with plans of launching the first training cohort in late 2022/early 2023. Additionally, a NIFA AFRI funded project, "The Racial Wealth Gap, Persistent Poverty, and Heirs' Property: Analysis, Connections, and Solutions" continues to progress. Finally, a group originating from the network is developing a proposal for a multistate project to be submitted at the end of September of this year. (d) The work of examining opportunities to increase rural participation in the 2020 Census was completed in 2020, and the Center continues to help disseminate results from the 2020 Census to inform rural development planning through presentations and briefs on population change. (e) Coming Together for Racial Understanding efforts continue to be a prominent portion of the Center's efforts to expand dialogue efforts around race and ethnicity. Three new states (NE, WV, SD) sent teams to this year's training, and several new models of employing virtual elements have advanced the number of people able to tap training efforts. Additional training was developed specifically to aid leaders both within Cooperative Extension Service and USDA NIFA in helping to adopt and support practices of inclusion. In addition to dialogue efforts through Coming Together, SRDC co-chaired the ECOP DEI Program Action Team seeking to bring together those within the LGU system to share resources and align efforts. Work with this team will continue into 2022-23. (e) SRDC worked with the Community Resource Development State Program Leaders Committee to collect and share impact stories related to how Extension was responding to community needs related to COVID-19. These are posted http://srdc.msstate.edu/measuring_impact/south-initiatives.html. Priority 2 - Building Strategic Partnerships, SRDC (a) continued shepherding CREATE BRIDGES which is designed to explore opportunities to strengthen rural retail which often makes up a large portion of rural employment. Retail establishments were particularly hard-hit by COVID. These regions spanning six states have worked to identify innovative strategies to keep doors open and help rural retail thrive. (b) SRDC has worked in partnership with the USDA Office of Partnership and Public Engagement to refine a grants workshop targeted to low resourced communities and farmers. The curriculum will be unveiled in fall 2022 through a two-day virtual workshop. (c) SRDC had a key role in planning efforts for the annual Southern Region Program Leadership Network Joint Meeting as well as supporting the committees' work throughout the year. (d) SRDC gathered and designed the annual Southern Region Community Resource Development Indicators report (http://srdc.msstate.edu/measuring_impact/south-initiatives.html). Priority 3 - Mobilize Resources around Emerging Issues and Opportunities: The SRDC (a) completed a literature review on water issues in the previous year and contributed to applied research presentations on population change and water systems. This included collaboration with the National Sea Grant Law Center for a model workshop on addressing lead in drinking water to be held in fall 2022. (b) The Center also completed efforts to support the national scan of priorities for the Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN). One of the new emerging issues in this current year that is being addressed is the need to build capacity on grant writing, especially in under-resourced communities and institutions. Work on developing a curriculum will be continuing into the next fiscal year. Additionally, the Center joined the leadership team for the Interdisciplinary Network on Rural Population Aging to connect applied researchers seeking to inform development and engaged with curriculum development and implementation with the Delta Scholars undergraduate leadership program and the associated Delta Regional Forum.

Publications

• Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2022 Citation: June 2022 - Garner, R. Resolving Heirs Property Issues: Its Role in Community Vitality in the Delta Region. Presentation at the 2022 Delta Regional Forum, Clarksdale, MS.
• Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2022 Citation: June 2022 - Langford, G., McCullough, S., Siems, S., Davis, A., Welborn, R. Dunn, J., . . . Mathews, B. (2022, June). CREATE BRIDGES: Celebrating REtail, Accommodations, Tourism, and Entertainment by Building Rural Innovations and Developing Growth Economies. Poster session presented at the National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals, Indianapolis, IN.
• Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2022 Citation: June 6. 2022 - Wilcox, M., Marshall, M., Albrecht, D., Green, J., Entsminger, J., & Rocker, S. (2022). Fostering development in rural America in the next 50 years. Panel session at the annual meeting of the National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals. Indianapolis, IN.
• Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2022 Citation: June 8, 2022 - Welborn, R.; Aguilar, C.; Burton, D.; Kay, D.; Raison, B.; Sanders, K.; Seals, L.; Tyler-Mackey, C.; Walcott, E. (2022) Racial Understanding: Lets Start Talking. National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals Conference. Indianapolis, IN.
• Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2022 Citation: August 6, 2022 - Green, J.J. Population change and community infrastructures and services: Conceptualizing challenges and opportunities for regional rural development. Presentation. Rural Sociological Society Conference, Westminster CO.
• Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2022 Citation: May 2022 - Garner, R. & Langford, G. Resolving Heirs Property Issues: Its Role in Community Sustainability. Presentation at the 2022 National Energy Extension Summit / National Sustainability Summit, State College, PA.
• Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2022 Citation: August 6, 2022 - Green, J.J., Johnson Gaither, C., Thompson, S., Woods, K., Mooney, M., & Thomson, R. Heirs property and the social sciences: Exploring the state of knowledge to inform further research, practice, and policy. Panel Session. Rural Sociological Society Conference, Westminster CO.
• Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2022 Citation: May 2022 - Langford, G. & Garner, R. CREATE BRIDGES: Sustainable Community Development for Retail, Tourism, Accommodations, and Entertainment. Presentation at the 2022 National Energy Extension Summit / National Sustainability Summit, State College, PA.
• Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2022 Citation: August 6, 2022 - Jensen, L., Monnat, S., & Green, J.J. The Interdisciplinary Network on Rural Population Health and Aging: Background, focus, and opportunities. Special Information Session. Rural Sociological Society Conference, Westminster CO.
• Type: Journal Articles Status: Accepted Year Published: 2022 Citation: Green, J.J., Monnat, S., Jensen, L., Hunter, L., & Sliwinski, M. (Special Issue Editors). 2022. Rural aging. Journal of Rural Social Sciences, Official Journal of the Southern Rural Sociological Association, 37, 1. https://egrove.olemiss.edu/jrss/vol37/iss1/
• Type: Journal Articles Status: Accepted Year Published: 2022 Citation: Parks, V., Cossman, R., & Green, J.J. (Special Issue Editors). 2022. Space, place, and COVID-19. Journal of Rural Social Sciences, Official Journal of the Southern Rural Sociological Association, 37, 2). https://egrove.olemiss.edu/jrss/vol37/iss2/1/
• Type: Other Status: Accepted Year Published: 2022 Citation: Entsminger, J.; Bednarikova, Z.; Garner, R; Gayle, R.; Goetz, S.; Green, J.; Pan, Y.; Welborn, R.; Wiatt, R. (2021) Investing in Rural Recovery: Findings from a Rapid Assessment of Stakeholder Priorities for Rural Development. Regional Rural Development Centers. Available online at: https://rrdc.usu.edu/files/assessment-of-stakeholder-priorities-for-rural-development_oct2021.pdf
• Type: Other Status: Accepted Year Published: 2022 Citation: Kelly, C. editor; DeFelice, C.; Garner, J.; Green, J.; Langford, G.; Narmour, L.; Welborn, R. (2021). Building Bridges Toward Prosperity: Southern Rural Development Center Annual Report. MS State: Southern Rural Development Center. Available online at: http://srdc.msstate.edu/publications/annual/annual_report_2021_reduced.pdf
• Type: Other Status: Accepted Year Published: 2022 Citation: Zabawa, R., Henry, J., Thompson, S. (2021). Southern region heirs property collaborative. Southern Rural Development Center. Available online at: http://srdc.msstate.edu/heir_property/SOUTHERN-REGION-HEIRS-PROPERTY-Final-Report-2021.pdf
• Type: Other Status: Accepted Year Published: 2021 Citation: Langford, G. & Welborn, R. (2021) National Giving Impact Report. Annual Grantee Report to Walmart for CREATE BRIDGES. Submitted January 24, 2022.
• Type: Other Status: Accepted Year Published: 2022 Citation: Baxter, I. & Upendram, S. (2022). Broadband impact on education and workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic. Southern Rural Development Center Issue Brief #2022-3.
• Type: Other Status: Accepted Year Published: 2022 Citation: Gallardo, R. 2022. Bridging the digital divide in socio-economically disadvantaged communities in the south: Individual Digital Capital survey results. Southern Rural Development Center.
• Type: Other Status: Accepted Year Published: 2022 Citation: Gallardo, R. & Whitacre, B. (2022). A granular look at internet speeds and demographic groups: Implications for digital equity. Southern Rural Development Center Issue Brief #2022-1
• Type: Journal Articles Status: Accepted Year Published: 2022 Citation: Whitacre, B., & Biedny, C. (2022). State policies that impact rural broadband availability. Southern Rural Development Center Issue Brief #2022-2.
• Type: Other Status: Accepted Year Published: 2022 Citation: Langford, G. & Welborn, R. (2022, July). National Giving Impact Report. Annual Grantee Report to Walmart for CREATE BRIDGES. Submitted July 1, 2022.
• Type: Other Status: Accepted Year Published: 2022 Citation: Langford, G. & Welborn, R. (2022, August) National Giving Impact Report: Phase II. Annual Grantee Report to Walmart for CREATE BRIDGES. Submitted August 17, 2022.
• Type: Other Status: Accepted Year Published: 2022 Citation: Siems, S., Langford, G., & Dunn, J.. (Eds.). (2022). CREATE BRIDGES Project: Celebrating REtail, Accommodations, Tourism, and Entertainment by Building Rural Innovations and Developing Growth Economies. Information sheet, updated. Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University, MS.
• Type: Other Status: Accepted Year Published: 2022 Citation: Whitacre, B., & Gallardo, R. (2022). Broadband availability vs. adoption: Which matters more for economic development? Southern Rural Development Center Issue Brief #2022-4.
• Type: Theses/Dissertations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2022 Citation: Carvalho, Mckenzie L. 2022. "U.S. Financial Literacy: Does Urban-Rural Residency Matter?," MS Thesis, Department of Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS.
• Type: Websites Status: Accepted Year Published: 2022 Citation: Welborn, R.; Sherin, K.; Whitacre, B. (2021) Broadband Access and Digital Skills Community of Practice website and repository. Extension Foundation. Available online at https://connect.extension.org/g/broadband-access-and-digital-skills
• Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2021 Citation: November 16, 2021 - Green, J.J., Otts, S., Cafer, A., Deans, O., Janasie, C., Surbeck, C., & Willet, K. (Water system challenges in the face of population declines. Presentation at the Jackson Water Crisis: Past, Present, and Future Forum. Organized by the Jackson State University Mississippi Urban Research Center. Virtual.
• Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2022 Citation: February 6, 2022 - Zabawa, R., Evans, S., & Green, J.J. In pursuit of rural prosperity: Development research to inform policy and practice. Panel Presentation. Annual Meeting of the Southern Rural Sociological Association. New Orleans, LA.
• Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2022 Citation: February 6, 2022 - Green, J.J., Morrison, J., Gallardo, R., Whitacre, B., Lamie, D., & Upendram, S. Measuring the impact of broadband on quality of life in rural areas: A systematic exploration of the literature. Presentation. Annual Meeting of the Southern Rural Sociological Association. New Orleans, LA.
• Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2022 Citation: February 2022 - Garner, R. 50 Years of Rural Development: The Regional Rural Development Centers and the Southern Focus. Presentation at the 2022 Southern Rural Sociological Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.
• Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2022 Citation: February 2022 - Garner, R. Local and Regional Food Systems in the South: Engaging New Frontiers. Poster Presentation at the 2022 Southern Rural Sociological Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.
• Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2022 Citation: May 18, 2022 - Green, J.J. Who is our audience? Exploration through population change. Presentation. Southern Region Mini-Land Grant Meeting. College Station, TX.

Progress 09/01/20 to 08/31/21

Outputs
Target Audience:The SRDC's three priorities, as identified by the Technical and Operational Advisory Committee and approved by the Board of Directors, remain relevant to the South. These priorities are: (1) Develop Pathways to Resilient Communities, (2) Build Strategic Partnerships, and (3) Mobilize Resources around Emerging Issues and Opportunities. The Center will continue to develop pathways to resilient communities through (a) supporting the SERA 47 local and regional foods initiative, (b) increasing broadband access and adoption by working with the National Digital Education Extension Team and 4H Tech Changemakers, (c) growing research and Extension collaboration around heirs' property issues, (d) examine opportunities to increase rural participation in the 2020 Census, and (e) expanding civil dialogue efforts around race and ethnicity. Under the second priority, Building Strategic Partnerships, SRDC will (a) continue and expand CREATE BRIDGES which is designed to explore opportunities to strengthen rural retail training endeavors, (b) expand rural resources to promote prosperity in partnership with the USDA Office of Partnership and Public Engagement, (c) support leadership development efforts in the Southern Region Program Leadership Network, and (d) coordinate development of the annual Southern Region Community Resource Development Indicators report. For the third priority, the Center will continue to focus on mobilizing resources around emerging issues and opportunities by (a) examining best practices on rural water and sewer infrastructure and (b) assisting with a national scan of priorities for the Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN). Changes/Problems:COVID-19 required many of the SRDC efforts to continue to adapt to new environments, primarily around translating learning and collaboration efforts into online platforms. Through this, the SRDC was able to advance efforts on all relevant goals and also develop and share new skills for online engagement. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? September 15, 2020 - Virtual Conference. Louisiana Community Prosperity Summit. September 18, 2020 - Pizaña, Dionardo & Welborn, Rachel (September 18, 2020) Recognizing How Our Identities Influence Our Lives and Interactions. Webinar presented to the Association of Extension Administrators and the Association of Southern Region Extension Directors. September 21, 2020 - Welborn, Rachel & Emery, Mary (September 21, 2020) Gauging Impacts of Coming Together for Racial Understanding (CTRU) through Ripple Mapping. Online pilot process with Coming Together for Racial Understanding Training Teams. September 28, 2020 - Raison, B., Welborn, R., Hughes, W. (September 28, 2020) Inclusive Excellence: Systematic Approaches to System Change. Webinar in collaboration with the Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy. September 30, 2020 - Leatherman, J., Welborn, R., Sartor, M., Hughes, W. (September 30, 2020) Best Practices for Rural Youth Programming. Webinar in collaboration with National 4-H Council. Pizaña, Dionardo, Welborn R., Burton, D., Tyler-Mackey, C., Harper, A., Emery, M. Coming Together for Racial Understanding Four Part Mini-series. Webinar based including these sessions: Overview of Coming Together for Racial Understanding Understanding Target and Non-Target Identities Exploring Four Levels of Change Introduction to Facing Racism in a Diverse Nation Conducted with three different groups: Association of Extension Administrators and Association of Southern Region Extension Directors, August 27, September 18, October 16, November 20 University of Georgia Extension Leadership Team, October 30, November 20, December 4 and 11 New Mexico State University - November 17 and 24, December 1 and 8 October 20, 2020 - Virtual Conference. New Mexico Community Prosperity Summit October 29, 2020. CREATE BRIDGES Phase II Resource Listing Webinar. Zoom. November 5-6, 2020 - OPPE Building Community Capacity around Housing Workshop, Virtual. November 6, 2020 - OPPE Strategies for Farm Bill Workshop, Virtual. November 10-12, 2020 - OPPE Family Farm Finance Workshop, Virtual. Three-part webinar series. November 18, 2020 - OPPE Heirs Property Workshop, Virtual. Welborn, Rachel, Tyler-Mackey, C., Jakes, S., Eley, M., Kay, D., Parker, K. Facing Racism in a Diverse Nation online dialogue series for Southern Region Community Development State Program Leaders. November 18, December 2, January 6, 13, 20, 27, Feb. 10. December 7, 2020. Business Retention & Expansion Train-the Trainer for CREATE BRIDGES Phase II. Zoom. December 8&10, 2020 - OPPE Building Community Capacity Around Youth Workshop, Virtual. - two-part webinar series. December 9-11, 2020 - SERA-47 Professional Development Activity & 2020 Annual Meeting, Virtual. Pizaña, Dionardo, Welborn R., Abdullah, C.; Whiting, G.; Smith, C.; Burton, D., Tyler-Mackey, C., Harper, A., Coming Together for Racial Understanding Virtual Train-the-Trainer Workshop Series - January 5, 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, 28, February 3, 4, 11, 2021 February 4, 2021 - Welborn, Rachel; Pizaña, D.; Elrod, B. Coming Together for Racial Understanding Tasting Session. Board of Human Science and Council for the Administration of Family & Consumer Science. February 18, 2021 - SERA-47 Tea and Coffee Hour, Virtual. February 23, 2021 - CRED National Indicators Working Group Webinar Series: Moving Ripple Effects Mapping Online, Virtual. February 23 & 24, 2020 - Welborn, Rachel & Emery, Mary. Gauging Impacts of Coming Together for Racial Understanding (CTRU) through Ripple Mapping. Online Impact Assessment of Coming Together for Racial Understanding. March 8, 2021 - SERA-47 Learning Community Series Presentation: Building Local Food Systems for University Farm-to-Institution Programs, Virtual. April 15, 2021 - SERA-47 Tea and Coffee Hour, Virtual. May 5, 2021. CREATE Academy Train-the-trainer for CREATE BRIDGES. Zoom. May 6, 2021 - SERA-47 Focus Hour, Virtual. May 10, 2021 - SERA-47 Learning Community Series Presentation: UK as an Example of Successful Farm-to-Institution Procurement, Virtual. June 10, 2021 - Webinar. Welborn, Rachel. Using Ripple Mapping to Measure Impacts June 18, 2021 - Welborn, Rachel; Pizaña, D.; Burton, D. Coming Together for Racial Understanding Tasting Session, American Association of Family & Consumer Science. June 30, 2021 - Webinar. Garner, R. & White, J. SR-PLN Committee Officer Training July 12, 2021 - SERA-47 Learning Community Series Presentation: Post-pandemic Risk Management Practices for Limited Resource Farmers, Virtual. July 22, 2021 - Welborn, Rachel. Coming Together for Racial Understanding Impacts Report to the Extension Committee on Operations and Policy. August 2, 2021 - Welborn, Rachel. DEI Lessons Learned from Coming Together for Racial Understanding. North Central Mini-Land Grant Conference. Virtual. August 4-5, 2021 - Virtual Meeting. Green, John. Interdisciplinary Network on Rural Population Health and Aging. August 19, 2021 - SERA-47 Tea and Coffee Hour, Virtual. August 23, 2021 - Webinar. Garner, R. & Weinstein, M. SR-PLN Newcomer Orientation August 23-26, 2021 - Virtual Conference. Southern Region Program Leaders Network. Pizaña, Dionardo, Welborn R., Abdullah, C.; Whiting, G. Burton, D., Tyler-Mackey, C., Harper, A., Coming Together for Racial Understanding Directors/Administrators Series for the Association of Extension Administrators and the Association of Southern Region Extension Directors. Sessions and dates were: Target/Non-target; I Remember - September 18, 2020 Four Levels of Change - October 16, 2020 Facing Racism in a Diverse Nation Dialogue Series (7 sessions) How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?The following presentations, print media, and other dissemination opportunities have been used to share results: SRDC Website: http://srdc.msstate.edu/ Quarterly Calls - Southern Region Program Leaders Committee 29 Listservs representing various stakeholder groups within Cooperative Extension Service, Research, & by topics of significance to the rural South such as broadband, local foods, heirs' property, etc. Quarterly Calls - SERA-47 Local & Regional Foods Leadership Committee Quarterly Calls - The Racial Wealth Gap, Persistent Poverty, and Heirs' Property: Analysis, Connections, and Solutions Heirs Property Team Update December 7, 2020 - 78th Annual Professional Agricultural Workers Conference December, 2020. Southern Rural Development Center Reimagining A Rural Vision: 2020 Annual Report. Authors: Spiering, K., Turner S., Welborn, R., Garner, R., Langford, G., Green, E., & Narmour, L. Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University, MS. Disseminated to over 400 individuals. Extension Committee on Operations and Policy Program Committee, monthly meetings, representing the Regional Rural Development Centers and providing updates to Coming Together for Racial Understanding. Regional Rural Development Centers monthly meetings, collaboration on rural issues facing the nation National Digital Education Extension Team monthly meetings, rural broadband issues. Heirs' Property monthly meetings, advancing Extension, research and non-LGU partnerships around heirs' property issues. July 22, 2021 - Extension Committee on Operations and Policy - Impact report from Coming Together for Racial Understanding August 26, 2021 - Southern Rural Development Center, 2020-2021 update [presentation]. Joint meeting of the Association of Extension Administrators & Association of Southern Region Extension Directors. Virtual. NIFA support acknowledged. Green, J. J. & Welborn, R. SRDC Board of Directors quarterly calls and annual meeting (October 14-15, 2020; January 27, 2021; April 14, 2021; July 14, 2021) SRDC Technical Operations and Advisory Committee quarterly calls and annual meeting (October 13-14, 2020; January 25, 2021; April 12, 2021; July 12, 2021) National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals Board Calls, monthly calls, Regional Rural Development Center updates January 22, 2021 - National Urban Extension Leadership team, update on Coming Together for Racial Understanding Southern Region Community Resource Development State Program Leaders Meetings (October 14, 2020; December 9, 2020; February 10, 2021; April 14, 2021; June 9, 2021; July 14, 2021, August 24-26, 2021) SRDC maintains and disseminates information through 29 active listservs dedicated to specific stakeholder group needs including broadband, heirs' property, National Community Development Program Leaders, eight State Program Leader groups in the Southern Region, local/regional foods, Regional Rural Development Centers, Coming Together for Racial Understanding teams Monthly Calls - CREATE BRIDGES. Leadership team meetings from six states and SRDC. Annual Meeting - SERA-47 (December 9-11) Monthly Around the South Newsletter, electronic distribution to 889 subscribers What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?These goals continue to be relevant with many more opportunities to build capacity. Specific steps are noted for each priority and goal. The Center will continue to develop pathways to resilient communities through (a) supporting the SERA 47 local and regional foods initiative as it establishes and launches its next 5-year SERA proposal in 2021. (b) SRDC will work with the National Digital Education Extension Team to develop the capacity building toolkit identified in recent months. (c) In support of growing research and Extension collaboration around heirs' property issues, SRDC will continue to support the teams formed in 2020, co-host a training for LGU professionals on heirs' property issues, support the recently launched AFRI project to look at the Racial Wealth Gap related to heirs' property. (d) The 2020 Census is complete. (e) Through Coming Together for Racial Understanding, which promotes dialogue around race and ethnicity, SRDC will launch a new state training, host a series of workshops to build capacity for dialogues in existing states, and support a research team exploring impacts further. Under the second priority, Building Strategic Partnerships, SRDC will (a) continue CREATE BRIDGES efforts within the six active states. (b) SRDC will continue to explore opportunities with the USDA Office of Partnership and Public Engagement to adapt to new prioritized needs of disadvantaged farmers/ranchers and their communities. (c) Support for leadership development efforts in the Southern Region Program Leadership Network will continue as the Center facilitates the annual meeting planning efforts and supports the committees throughout the year. (d) SRDC will continue to coordinate development of the annual Southern Region Community Resource Development Indicators report. For the third priority, the Center will continue to focus on mobilizing resources around emerging issues and opportunities by assisting the Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) with final reporting on the listening sessions. With support from the National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health, SRDC will work with Interdisciplinary Network on Rural Population Health and Aging in the coming year on applied research mentorship, assistance with mini-grants, a conference, and special issue of a journal to inform rural development in the context of population aging. Through involvement in this effort, the SRDC seeks to help build the capacity of rural-focused researchers and extension leaders to address aging in the south.

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? While COVID-19 continued to create challenges, the Southern Rural Development Center consistently worked to build capacity around key rural development issues across the South, and in some instances, across the nation, in partnership with Land-Grant Universities through Extension and research. This year's efforts resulted in 40 training workshops conducted, eight multi-state teams formed or supported, five curricula developed or expanded, $500,000 in new funds leveraged, multiple virtual engagement practices adopted, and several new partnerships established, each of which has served to advance rural development. Among the topics for these efforts were community dialogue around race relations, local foods, rural retail/tourism economies, socially disadvantaged farmers/ranchers, family farm financial planning, broadband, and heirs' property. More specific details are provided below. Under the three overarching goals, SRDC has completed the following: Priority One: Develop Pathways for Vibrant Communities. (a) SRDC continued to facilitate the SERA 47 Local Foods initiative through coaching of the leadership team, supporting their virtual webinar series, and helping to plan the annual meeting slated for December 2021. Additionally, SRDC has worked with the team in preparing its next SERA proposal due for review in fall 2021. (b) SRDC provided leadership to the National Digital Education Extension Team (NDEET), a national team of CES professionals working to build CES capacity to respond to broadband access and usage needs in communities. NDEET helped identify resources to support rural broadband efforts to adapt to COVID-19 challenges. This team also has identified a set of training needs around community planning and building digital literacy skills and has begun work to address these needs through a new training to be piloted in the coming year. (c) Building upon the work begun in 2017, SRDC, along with its partners, continue to build capacity to address heirs' property concerns. Five teams, formed in spring 2020, continue to meet with SRDC support to address concerns. The teams are research, education/outreach, partnership development, legal/policy and funding. A group including Mississippi State University, Tuskegee University, the Center for Heirs' Prosperity Preservation, and the U.S. Forest Service has already been able to leverage $499,998 to support research efforts. (d) SRDC provided webinars and a website to help disseminate timely communication in support of Extension efforts to promote rural participation in the 2020 Census. (e) Through SRDC leadership, Coming Together for Racial Understanding, a curriculum around community dialogue, was employed in a third training in Spring 2021 with three new states joining the previous 26 from 2018 and 2019. This training was completely virtual, lending new insights into how online processes can be adapted to build trust in remote groups. SRDC has continued to support these teams throughout the year through monthly coaching calls, emails, and webinars. A tandem research team has formed under SRDC's guidance to examine the ways participants feel supported in advancing civil dialogue efforts. This group led a Ripple Mapping process and tandem survey to gauge early impacts of efforts. Priority Two: Build Strategic Partnerships. (a) SRDC continued to oversee the CREATE BRIDGES initiative initiated in six regions across three states (Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma). Three new states joined Phase II this year (Illinois, New Mexico, North Carolina) and were trained in a completely virtual setting. They have also done much of the community work remotely, again leading to new insights into virtual partnerships and education. (b) In partnership with the USDA Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement, SRDC facilitated one additional state (New Mexico) Community Summits in which rural community members engaged with USDA staff to explore opportunities for advancing the USDA Rural and Ag. Prosperity Priorities. Additionally, four other train-the-trainer workshops were held within this partnership covering Farm Family Finance, Strategies for Farm Bill Opportunities and Conservation, Heirs' Property, and Youth Development. These workshops put timely tools and information into the hands of LGU professionals and NGO professionals working to build local community capacity on these issues. (c) SRDC continued to provide support for the Southern Region Program Leadership Network by assisting in planning the annual meeting (which was online this year), providing logistic support for all committees throughout the year, and working closely with the Community Resource Development (CRD) committee (and other committees as appropriate) on issues related to rural development. (d) Specific to the work with the CRD committee, the SRDC facilitated gathering and reporting of annual regional indicators. Additionally, in 2021, a supplemental COVID-19 impact report was compiled, adding impact data specific to the pandemic to the report initiated last year. 3. Priority Three: Mobilize Resources around Emerging Issues. (a) In support of infrastructure, SRDC completed a literature review on water issues. (b) SRDC collaborated with Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) to facilitate state level listening sessions. SRDC helped to assemble results from these sessions which will be used to guide EDEN's future priorities. As a new emerging issue and in partnership with The Pennsylvania State University, Syracuse University, University of Colorado Boulder, and the University of Mississippi, the SRDC coordinated and hosted a two-day virtual conference as part of the Interdisciplinary Network on Rural Population Health and Aging (INRPHA).

Publications

• Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2020 Citation: Turner, S.C (2020, September 30). An Applied Economist and Rural and Community Development Policy: Navigation, Persistence, and Relationships, Presentation. Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting, Virtual.
• Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2020 Citation: Garner, J.R. (2020, December 7). The Southern Rural Development Center and heirs property, [Conference presentation]. Professional Agriculture Workers Conference, L.A. Potts Success Stories, Auburn, AL.
• Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2021 Citation: Turner, S.C. (2021, July 31). Economic Literacy in Public Policymaking. Co-Organizer & Moderator. Organized Symposium. Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting, Austin, TX.
• Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2021 Citation: Turner, S.C. (2021, August 3). Leadership Development for Agricultural and Applied Economists. Moderator. Pre-Conference Workshop. Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting, Austin, TX.
• Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2021 Citation: Southern Rural Development Center, Center for Population Studies, & Interdisciplinary Network on Rural Population Health and Aging (INRPHA) (2021, Aug. 4-5). Expanding our perspectives and approaches to rural population health and aging. INRPHA 2021 Virtual Meeting. NIFA support acknowledged.
• Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2021 Citation: Green, J. J. (2021, Aug. 11). From snapshots to collage: Exploring continuity and change in rural Mississippi. Wavelands Ground Zero Hurricane Museum in Partnership with the Mississippi Humanities Council, Museum on Main Street, and Smithsonian Institutes Exhibit Crossroads: Change in Rural America. Waveland, MS. NIFA support acknowledged.
• Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2021 Citation: Green, J. J. & Welborn, R. (2021, Aug. 24). Southern Rural Development Center, 2020-2021 update. Community Resource Development Committee of the Southern Region Program Leadership Network. Virtual. NIFA support acknowledged.
• Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2021 Citation: Green, J. J. & Welborn, R. (2021, Aug. 26). Southern Rural Development Center, 2020-2021 update. Joint meeting of the Association of Extension Administrators & Association of Southern Region Extension Directors. Virtual. NIFA support acknowledged.
• Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2020 Citation: Goins, G., Cook, S., Bhowmik, A., Sharma, H., Yeboah, O., & Gayle, G. (2020, Nov. 6). Strategies for Farm Bill Opportunities & Conservation. Recording online at http://srdc.msstate.edu/community-prosperity/strategies-workshop. NIFA support acknowledged.
• Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2020 Citation: Reed, A., McCarthy, A., Banks, C., Crosby, I., Moten-Thomas, J., Brooks, R., & Boley, T. (2020, Nov.10-12) Farm Financial Literacy. Recording online at http://srdc.msstate.edu/community-prosperity/financial-literacy. NIFA support acknowledged.
• Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2020 Citation: Zabawa, R., Woods, K., Bailey, C., Horne, S., & Picciano, L. (2020, Nov. 18). Heirs Property. Recording online at http://srdc.msstate.edu/community-prosperity/heirs-property. NIFA support acknowledged.
• Type: Journal Articles Status: Accepted Year Published: 2020 Citation: Walcott, Eric; Raison, B., Welborn, R., Pirog, R., Emery, M., Stout, M. Hendrix, L., Ostrom, M., (2020) We (All) Need to Talk about Race: Building Extensions Capacity for Dialogue and Action. Journal of Extension. October 2020. Volume 58, Number 5. https://archives.joe.org/joe/2020october/comm1.php
• Type: Other Status: Accepted Year Published: 2020 Citation: Welborn, Rachel. (2020) Coming Together for Racial Understanding Annual Report documenting the progress of the 26-state initiative. http://srdc.msstate.edu/civildialogue/2020-CTRU-training-report-12-2.pdf
• Type: Other Status: Accepted Year Published: 2020 Citation: Spiering, K., editor (2020). Southern Rural Development Center 2020 Annual Report. MS State: Southern Rural Development Center. http://srdc.msstate.edu/publications/annual/2020-SRDC-Annual-Report_Reduced.pdf
• Type: Other Status: Accepted Year Published: 2020 Citation: Spiering, K., editor (2020, September 25). Around the South Newsletter, 16(8). http://srdc.msstate.edu/newsletters/ats/16_8_sept20.pdf
• Type: Other Status: Accepted Year Published: 2020 Citation: Spiering, K., editor (2020, October 23). Around the South Newsletter, 16(9). http://srdc.msstate.edu/newsletters/ats/16_9_oct20.pdf
• Type: Other Status: Accepted Year Published: 2020 Citation: Spiering, K., editor (2020, November 20). Around the South Newsletter, 16(10). http://srdc.msstate.edu/newsletters/ats/16_10_nov20.html
• Type: Other Status: Accepted Year Published: 2021 Citation: Kelly, C., editor (2021, May 7). Around the South Newsletter, 17(1). http://srdc.msstate.edu/newsletters/ats/17_1_may21.html
• Type: Other Status: Accepted Year Published: 2021 Citation: Kelly, C., editor (2021, June 23). Around the South Newsletter, 17(2). http://srdc.msstate.edu/newsletters/ats/17_2_june21.html
• Type: Other Status: Accepted Year Published: 2021 Citation: Kelly, C., editor (2021, July 27). Around the South Newsletter, 17(3). http://srdc.msstate.edu/newsletters/ats/17_3_july21.html
• Type: Other Status: Accepted Year Published: 2021 Citation: Kelly, C., editor (2021, August 23). Around the South Newsletter, 17(4). http://srdc.msstate.edu/newsletters/ats
• Type: Other Status: Accepted Year Published: 2020 Citation: Siems, S., Langford, G., & Dunn, J.. (Eds.). (2020). CREATE BRIDGES Project: Celebrating REtail, Accommodations, Tourism, and Entertainment by Building Rural Innovations and Developing Growth Economies. Information sheet, updated. Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University, MS.
• Type: Other Status: Accepted Year Published: 2020 Citation: Spiering, K., Turner S., Welborn, R., Garner, R., Langford, G., Green, E., & Narmour, L. (2020). Southern Rural Development Center Reimagining A Rural Vision: 2020 Annual Report. Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University, MS.