Program Strategies
for Community Asset-Building
Vision and Mission
The Southern Rural Development Initiative (SRDI) works
with local partners to increase income, assets, and
racial equity in low-wealth regions of the South.
We support rural leaders to grow sustainable economies
rooted in local culture, a healthy environment, and
inclusive values.
Community Services and Program Strategies
We provide facilitation, training, coaching, data,
and connection to southern rural communities through
regional efforts to:
1. Better align public funding to
community priorities
2. Increase local community philanthropy
3. Innovate economic alternatives
4. Strengthen grassroots infrastructure
5. Network communities beyond rural isolation
Program Goals and Outcomes
Our efforts are designed to create:
• A reduction in the challenges to rural asset
development
• Increased innovation toward rural asset growth,
• Stronger collaborative efforts – within
communities, across rural regions, and across the
divides of race, class, and sector
So that rural communities ultimately
• Increase community assets
• Grow family income, and,
• Increase racial equity
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