Rural
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Gwen Frisbie-Fulton: ‘The people closest to the problem are often the ones who can find the solution’
About two years ago, tents started to show up in my neighborhood along the creek beds and in small stands of trees. Most only became visible when the leaves fell, exposing their orange rainflies and blue tarps. This increase in houselessness didn’t feel surprising to me or to my neighbors: The rent has nearly doubled…
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A love letter to the working class, from Gwen Frisbie-Fulton
It started in the back seat of my family’s Jeep Cherokee, the one with the broken AC and vinyl seats that stuck to my thighs in the late summer heat. After school we would wait, all the doors flung open, for my dad to get off work. My mother reading in the front seat, her…
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Squirrel salsa, anyone? Wild game dinner hits the spot in Schuylkill County
Aside from a couple of vegetable dishes that were largely ignored, the food being served at the recent Taste of the Wild Outdoors dinner inside the Pine Grove Hose, Hook and Ladder Fire Company was anything but standard fare.
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How to support Pennsylvania’s rural communities through volunteering
Throughout Pennsylvania, organizations are working to preserve the rural way of life. Here are five to consider volunteering with.
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Project 2025 would make flying more expensive and less convenient for rural and small-town Pennsylvanians
Experts have warned that ending the Essential Air Service program, as Project 2025 sets out to do — and as Donald Trump tried to do during his first term — could lead to the closure of small town airports and higher flight prices, leaving rural communities disconnected from the rest of the United States.
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Sen. Casey introduces legislation to address rural healthcare crisis
The Community TEAMS Act would establish a nationwide grant program to fund medical training in rural communities and prepare medical school graduates to serve high-risk communities.
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Biden invests $5 billion to support rural communities, including in Pennsylvania
Brubaker Farms will use a nearly $200,000 grant to help purchase and install a 224.07 kilowatt solar photovoltaic system at its dairy farm in Mount Joy. The project is expected to save the farm over $30,000 annually and replace 255,250 kilowatt hours, which is enough energy to power 23 homes.
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Here’s What a Government Shutdown Would Mean for Rural Communities
While certain federal benefits won’t be impacted, a government shutdown would affect a number of other benefits that rural communities rely on, such as food and housing assistance.
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Here’s What Rural Leaders Say Their Communities Need
A new report outlines rural policy recommendations focused on four major tenets: protecting people’s freedom to live and work safely; investing in infrastructure; reining in corporate greed and protecting workers, small businesses, and family farmers; and creating opportunities for a better future.
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Rural Advocates Want to Take on Monopoly Power and Help Family Farmers
Participants of the 2023 Rural Policy Action Summit spoke about how to expand resources for those in rural communities, among other topics.
