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Umaine-Led For/Maine Coalition Chosen As Finalist For Up To $100 Million In Eda's Build Back Better Regional Challenge, Division Of Marketing And Communications, Ashley Forbes, Dan Cashman
Umaine-Led For/Maine Coalition Chosen As Finalist For Up To $100 Million In Eda's Build Back Better Regional Challenge, Division Of Marketing And Communications, Ashley Forbes, Dan Cashman
General University of Maine Publications
The Forest Opportunity Roadmap (FOR/Maine) Coalition was named by the Economic Development Administration (EDA) as a finalist in the $1 billion Build Back Better Regional Challenge. The University of Maine was awarded the $500,000 grant to support the coalition to further develop and scale the forest bio-economy in Maine and will advance to Phase 2 of the challenge competing for up to $100 million in American Rescue Plan funding.
The Rural Online Initiative: Short-Term Outcomes Of Usu Extension Master Remote Work Leader Course, Amanda D. Ali, Paul Hill
The Rural Online Initiative: Short-Term Outcomes Of Usu Extension Master Remote Work Leader Course, Amanda D. Ali, Paul Hill
Outcomes and Impact Quarterly
Many people migrate out of rural communities in Utah in search of job opportunities. Meanwhile, businesses in urban areas struggle to find workers. The Master Remote Work Leader (MRWL) certificate course was developed to provide specialized training for Utah’s organizational leaders in managing hybrid-remote and fully distributed employees.
Bonding Performance Of The Ten Species In The Spruce-Pine-Fir (South) Lumber Grouping For Cross-Laminated Timber, Advanced Structures & Composites Center, University Of Maine, Jake Snow, Benjamin Herzog, Russell Edgar
Bonding Performance Of The Ten Species In The Spruce-Pine-Fir (South) Lumber Grouping For Cross-Laminated Timber, Advanced Structures & Composites Center, University Of Maine, Jake Snow, Benjamin Herzog, Russell Edgar
General University of Maine Publications
Cross-laminated timber (CLT) is an engineered wood product made of three or more orthogonally bonded layers of lumber that are glued together with structural adhesives to form a panel intended for roofs, floors, or walls.
Currently, there are no CLT manufacturers in the Northeastern U.S. despite the region having vast forestlands of commercial softwood timber. Sitting atop one of the planet’s largest population centers, Maine is the region’s primary wood basket, the most heavily forested state in the nation (as a percentage of land area) containing over 27 billion cubic feet of wood, i.e., live trees, on its forest land …
Maine Mass Timber Commercialization Center Final Report, Advanced Structures & Composites Center, University Of Maine, Russell Edgar, Benjamin Herzog, Stephen Shaler
Maine Mass Timber Commercialization Center Final Report, Advanced Structures & Composites Center, University Of Maine, Russell Edgar, Benjamin Herzog, Stephen Shaler
General University of Maine Publications
This final report covers activities of the EDA-funded Maine Mass Timber Commercialization Center (MMTCC) during the award period October 1, 2017 – September 30, 2020. Further information can be found in the six biennial reports submitted to EDA during execution of the grant.
Factors That Influence Entrepreneurship And Digital Talent In The Rural Heartland: Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, And Arkansas, Chett Daniel
Factors That Influence Entrepreneurship And Digital Talent In The Rural Heartland: Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, And Arkansas, Chett Daniel
Murray State Theses and Dissertations
The current state of many rural communities demands new, more relevant economic development strategies. Traditional models of rural economic development often rely on farming, natural resource extraction, and industrial type jobs that rely on lower cost labor usually focused on manufacturing of product or food. Farm jobs declined decades ago. Offshoring, and more recently automation is rapidly reducing the number of jobs available in rural areas. Jobs and economic vitality are critical to sustaining or growing communities. While traditional methods of industry attraction are still viable strategies to spur economic activity, rural areas must develop concurrent economic strategies driven by …