Hometown Strong Takes on the 2024 Rural Summit
In March, the Hometown Strong Rural Grants team traveled to the Rural Summit in Raleigh. Hosted by the NC Rural Center, this conference “brought together community leaders, policymakers, and rural advocates from across the state and nation to engage in a thoughtful, intentional dialogue about the actions we can take today to advance policy and systems change across a broad spectrum of rural development issues.” Our grant writing team was able to meet some of the communities we are working with, face to face, and connect with decisions makers at the federal and state level. Overall, the Summit was a great in-person event for networking and learning for our team.