Rural Development
Rural Initiatives
The Mountain West is now experiencing economic and demographic pressure that is changing how the landscape supports western communities.
Our Rural Initiatives program provides support to rural community members as they take charge of how change occurs in their own communities.
The Rural Initiatives program, when invited by community partners, such as local individuals, organizations, land trusts, and landowner-led groups, supports community-led projects and initiatives that benefit quality of life, economic opportunities, and outdoor experiences throughout the region.
What we do and why
Rural communities are connected to and care for the land on which they live, work, and play and are critical to the interconnectedness of community and the landscape.
The Rural Initiatives program provides support to community-led projects and initiatives that support quality of life, economic opportunities, and outdoor experiences throughout the region.
By providing technical assistance through grant writing, fundraising, and project visioning, planning, and implementation, we are supporting vibrant, thriving rural communities that bridge the gap between social, economic, and landscape values.
Rural Initiatives Successes
Number of communities in Montana the Rural Initiatives program has served
Funding the Rural Initiatives program has secured for on-the-ground community projects.
Projects
In partnership with Outdoor Community Partners, the Rural Initiatives program offers a Get Grant Ready Workshop.
This workshop helps increase community, land trust, and other partner awareness and knowledge of grants available to rural communities, provide additional capacity for small communities that need extra support, and allow Heart of the Rockies to work with new communities.
Get Grant Ready Guidelines include KEY ELEMENTS that most funders are looking for. They are designed with many grant programs in mind to help you build out and develop a project idea.
