A Place in the Country

Dee Davis. 2002. 

Fifty-six million people – roughly 20% of the population -- live in rural America. If rural America was a country, it would rank just behind Great Britain in size. Yet many Americans don’t understand the realities of life in the country. Despite declining poverty in much of the nation, 244 of the 250 poorest counties are rural, and rural poverty rates have exceeded those of metropolitan areas for decades. Hosted by Ray Suarez, A Place in the Country documents the diversity of rural America, the complexity and depth of the challenges facing it, and the hard and effective work that rural community developers are doing to meet the challenges and provide opportunities. The program focuses on the variety of approaches undertaken by Coachella Valley Housing Coalition (CA), Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (ME), Neighborhood Housing Services of Dimmit County (TX), Northeast South Dakota Community Action Program, Quitman County Development Organization (MS), Southern Mutual Help Association (LA), and Stop Abusive Family Environments (WV). U.S. Senators Kit Bond and Tom Daschle, U.S Representatives Jo Ann Emerson (R/MO) and Eva Clayton (D/NC), and former Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin commented on the importance of sustaining rural communities.

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