Jennifer Watkins's Contact Details

Jennifer Watkins's Company Details

Alliance for Rural Impact

Harrisburg, AR, US • 5 - 9 Employees
Non-Profit

Rural communities are facing unprecedented challenges. Many times these challenges are due to a lack of resources and expertise to commit to a long-term program of investment necessary to achieve long-term goals that create positive, lasting impacts. In 2016, a group of experienced professionals began a collaboration to change community and economic development service delivery in order to have the greatest impacts on rural regions. After years of strategic planning, financial management, community engagement and implementation, the group realized that rural communities will continue to struggle without long-term commitment and investment. Alliance for Rural Impact, an emerging CDFI, was formed to identify solutions and assist rural communities in answering the hard questions: >What should we do?>Where do we find the resources?>How do we get it done?>How can we sustain progress?Alliance for Rural Impact delivers hands-on assessment and action from start to finish. We join in to assist communities in creating systems where silos are broken down, communication is enhanced, and real needs are met. We ensure that community and economic development achieves it true purpose: to create a vibrant, healthy community for all.