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National Endowment for the Arts funds Design Assistance for Twenty-three Rural Communities
After receiving over 80 deserving applications, we have identified 23 awardees and three workshop locations for the 2019 Citizens' Institue on Rural Design initiative.
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Food as a Foundation for Creativity
How do we connect food security with rural design? Katie Starr, Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellow at the Housing Assistance Council, shares her experiences weaving the two areas together as part of her fellowship work.
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A Piece of Mississippi: Retrospective on Rural Generation for CIRD
This piece is a reflection from CIRD team member Evelyn Immonen on her experience at the Rural Generation Summit 2019, and the opinions are her own.
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Want to bring rural design to your local community? Apply now!
After much anticipation, we are pleased to open another opportunity to be a part of a CIRD, a national initiative around rural design and creative placemaking.
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New Leadership for Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design Brings Broad Reach
The National Endowment for the Arts has selected the Housing Assistance Council (HAC) as its partner for the Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design (CIRD), one of the Arts Endowment’s leadership initiatives.
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