The July 22 session will kick off the 2021 Rural Policy Summit series by providing a broad demographic overview of rural Pennsylvania, which will help set the stage for the monthly sessions that will begin in September and wrap up in January 2022. Registration for the July 22 kickoff event is now open.
The 2021 Rural Policy Summit is a virtual series that will bring together a wide range of stakeholders, including policymakers, nonprofit leaders, academic researchers, industry professionals, and others interested in rural policy, to learn about and discuss major policy issues that will affect rural Pennsylvania over the next five to 10 years. The five topic areas for the series are: