Ten Recommendations for Promoting Rural Communities to Attract Talent, Investment, and Businesses

24 Mar 2025
News
Rural communities hold immense potential for growth, innovation, and development. However, capitalizing on this potential requires strategic efforts highlighting your rural community and its unique advantages. At Golden Shovel Agency, we specialize in empowering economic developers to promote their regions effectively.
Why Promoting Rural Communities Matters
Economic development in rural areas is vital for cultivating growth, improving residents' quality of life, and ensuring long-term sustainability. Rural regions offer many benefits, such as lower operating costs, access to natural resources, and a close-knit community—yet they often face challenges in marketing themselves effectively to attract talent and investment.
More Topics
The New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD) kicked off 2025 with approximately $5.4 million in job training awards for January and February, Cabinet Secretary-Designate Rob Black announced.The approved amounts for EDD’s signature Job Training Incentive Program (JTIP) can assist up to 170 new trainees and interns and 51 current employees...
Business owners and community members attended a presentation about how businesses can prepare for the large numbers of people participating and taking in the National Championship Air Races and Air Show (NCAR), which has moved this year to Roswell Air Center from its long-time venue at the Reno-Stead Airport in...
Officials representing Roswell, Chaves County and the National Championship Air Races and Air Show (NCAR) celebrated the upcoming construction of grandstands that will provide seating for up to 10,000 spectators during NCAR's debut at the Roswell Air Center (RAC), Sept. 10-14.Those involved with the groundbreaking ceremony, held Wednesday afternoon on...