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Linking Technology and Higher Education with the Private Sector
Posted by on July 18, 2011 at 7:10 PM EDTRoland Arriola, founder and president of the Texas Valley Communities Foundation, applauds increased broadband access as a key input for rural economic development in communities.
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Rural Champions of Change – Sparking Innovation
Posted by on July 18, 2011 at 6:21 PM EDTMelody Barnes, Director of the Domestic Policy Council, reflects on the Champions of Change roundtable with Rural Americans, which includes farmers, ranchers, local educators, and small business owners improving their communities through innovative actions.
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Mile High City with Mountains of Ideas
Posted by on July 5, 2011 at 11:08 AM EDTAgriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack meets with business leaders from across Colorado at a White House Business Council roundtable in Denver to discuss innovative ideas to help create jobs.
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Collaborating with Tribes through the White House Rural Council
Posted by on July 1, 2011 at 11:55 AM EDTWhile rural communities face challenges, they also present economic potential. The Council will address these challenges, build on the Administration’s rural economic strategy, and improve the implementation of that strategy.
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Our Covenant with America’s Rural Miners
Posted by on June 24, 2011 at 2:20 PM EDTThe Obama Administration continues its commitment to the safety, education, and fair standards and of the mining industry and its workers.
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Improving Social and Economic Opportunities in the Mid South
Posted by on June 15, 2011 at 6:04 PM EDTIvye L. Allen, President/CEO of the Foundation for the Mid South, stresses the need to invest in people and strategies that promote racial, social, and economic equity in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
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Rural America: Building Upon a Record of Success
Posted by on June 9, 2011 at 11:23 AM EDTPresident Obama signs an Executive Order establishing a White House Rural Council, the first entity of its kind established to focus on policy initiatives for Rural Americans.
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West Wing Week: "One Step at a Time"
Posted by on June 3, 2011 at 12:00 AM EDTThis week, President Obama traveled to Joplin, Missouri to see the devastation first hand. He finished his week-long trip to Europe in Poland and on Memorial Day, he visited Arlington National Cemetery.
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Military Families, Victims of Tornados, Receive Donated Computers From Operation Homelink
Posted by on June 2, 2011 at 3:57 PM EDTSargent Michael MacLeod writes about the efforts of Operation Homelink, a non-profit that provides computers and web cams to the families of deployed soldiers, to provide computer equipment to soldiers stationed at Fort Bragg who were affected by the devasting tornados that hit the region.
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West Wing Week: "A Good Day For America"
Posted by on May 6, 2011 at 1:00 AM EDTThis week, the President announced the death of Osama bin Laden, visited New York City to honor the victims of 9/11 and their families, made sure the federal government was doing its part in the states devastated by storms and much more.
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