HARRISBURG — The Center for Rural Pennsylvania announced its new virtual 2021 Rural Policy Summit series, the first of which will be held July 22 at 9 a.m.
“Our plan for the Rural Policy Summit is to bring together a wide range of stakeholders, including policymakers, nonprofit leaders, academic researchers, industry professionals, and others interested in rural, to learn about and discuss major policy issues that will affect rural Pennsylvania over the next 5 to 10 years,” Center Director Dr. Kyle C. Kopko said.
The five topic areas for the summit are education, health care, local services, economic development, and agriculture.
The July 22 session will kick-off the series by providing a broad demographic overview of rural Pennsylvania, which will help set the stage for each monthly session that will begin in September and wrap up in January 2022.
The series is being cohosted by the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health, Pennsylvania Rural Development Council, Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, Pennsylvania Downtown Center, and Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank’s Community Development and Regional Outreach Department.
The Rural Policy Summit will be held via Zoom webinar. Attendees are asked to register in advance at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uIKYtfwURuyDYIKjLT45pA.
