Collection
Rural Economic Development
Stephen Ward
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Collection
Vital Community Indicator Projects
Oregon State University Extension has partnered with rural communities to define, operationalize, and track community specific measures of community vitality. This collection includes reports, executive summaries, and presentations that detail these projects.
Program
Rural Studies Program
The Rural Studies Program at Oregon State University focuses its multi-disciplinary teaching, outreach and research program on critical issues affecting rural people and places.Latest Resources
OSU Extension Catalog
Oregon Community Food Systems by the Numbers: Oregon's Farmers Markets
Examines the impact of farmers markets in low-income areas of Oregon with low access to supermarkets. One in a series of fact sheets that monitors trends and changes in various dimensions of the food system.
Video
Unabandoned Documentary of Eastern Oregon
Five OSU students produce a documentary of their exploration of the meaning of community in rural Eastern Oregon.
Publication
Economic Linkages and Impact Analysis for the Oregon Sea Grant Programmed and Operated Hatfield Marine Science Center Visitor Center
The Oregon Sea Grant Visitor Center at Hatfield Marine Science Center attracts 150,000 visitors a year and does not require an admission fee. Surveying visitors, 39% of all people indicated that half or more of their reason for coming to the Oregon coast was to visit the Visitor Center.Latest News
News Story
Farmers' markets growing in popularity but not all succeed
Jul 23, 2007
Almost half of all new farmers' markets close within, or after, their first year of operation according to a new study from Oregon State University.
News Story
County fairs boost local economies
Aug 8, 2006
A new study finds that county fairs generate local dollars and build social capital.
