Focus Area - Rural DevelopmentRural communities face unique development challenges related to density, access, and available resources. HRS understands the importance of rural communities to our national economy and related issues critical to rural growth and sustainability such as education, healthcare, infrastructure, business and entrepreneurship, transportation, broadband and Internet access, workforce and leadership capacity building. HRS understands the dynamics involved with grant making, leveraging financial resources, project management, and the importance of the concepts of Wealth Creation – The Wealth Creation Model helps insure that more wealth created by local people and extracted from local resources remains in the community to build local prosperity.

The firm’s expertise encompasses organizations such as Commissions, Public-Private Partnerships, Local Development Districts (LDD), Professional Associations, and Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI).


Appalachian Partnership

Appalachian Partnership

The Appalachian Partnership, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 by a group of business leaders that had been meeting for several ...
Appalacian Regional Commission

Appalachian Regional Commission

The Appalachian Regional Commission’s (ARC) mission is to innovate, partner, and invest to build community capacity and strengthen economic growth ...
Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education & Research

Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education & Research

The Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education & Research (KINBER) is a technology-based economic development (TBED) partner providing network-based technology ...
Penn-Northwest

Penn-Northwest

Penn-Northwest’s mission is to attract new business and industrial investment, provide outreach and retention services to support the retention and ...
Roanoke Regional Chamber

Roanoke Regional Chamber

The Roanoke Regional Chamber fosters the growth of our members and our community by offering relevant programs and events designed ...
Southwest PA Commission

Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission

The Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC) is the regional planning agency serving the 10-county Southwestern Pennsylvania region. As the official Metropolitan ...
Greater Wichita Partnership

Greater Wichita Partnership

The Greater Wichita Partnership is a regional economic development, public-private partnership, that is the heart of the development mission for ...