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  1. Webinar to be held Winter/Spring 2025: Who Will Fill My Shoes: Succession Planning for Land Owners and Family Businesses

    Succession planning encompasses many emotional and financial aspects of a family and business, making decisions and moving forward more difficult. This research-based curriculum with integrated and comprehensive handouts will give participants the confidence they need to learn strategies for moving succession forward with their property or business. Both soft and hard skills are covered in the materials and will empower owners to develop and implement their succession plan.

  2. BEAD (Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment) Broadband Navigator: Empowering Tomorrow's Digital Nation Through Local Projects Convening

    In partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation, Penn State Extension and the Southern Rural Development Center are excited to co-host a convening designed to share new, publicly available, spatial analysis tools important for local community broadband development projects. The online meeting will be held December 5th, 10am-noon EST/9am-11am CST. Continue reading to access the registration link.

  3. The Southern Rural Development Center Announces New Associate Director

    The Southern Rural Development Center is excited to announce Dr. Roseanne Ellison Scammahorn as the new Associate Director for the Southern Rural Development Center, housed at Mississippi State University.

  4. Rural Development in the Digital Age: Exploring Information and Communication Technology through Social Inclusion, Journal of Rural Sociology

    This Rural Sociological Society Presidential Address, Exploring Information and Communication Technology through Social Inclusion, written by SRDC Director, Dr. John J. Green; considers how information and communication technologies (ICTs) influence our capabilities to choose and navigate where to go and how to get there.

  5. Southern Rural Development Center Staff Participate in Delta Regional Forum

    Held in June, diverse participants engaged in presentations, panels, and workshops. The Forum encourages knowledge sharing and networking across community and university boundaries. This year's sessions covered a range of topics including public policy, food security, public health, and community development. Additionally, sixteen undergraduates from eight different universities were participants in the Delta Scholars Program, an initiative affiliated with DDC and led by the Mississippi State University Shackouls Honors College, shared their insights gained during the Forum as part of their immersive two-week summer program experience.

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