Registration is full for our 13th biennial Regards to Rural Conference! If you would like to be added to the waiting list for this event, please click here to fill out the form.
Thanks to all who registered – we can’t wait to see you there!
Regards to Rural is a unique event for community members and leaders throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond to discuss rural priorities, explore innovative economic models, obtain tools to make change in communities, and inspire action to help pave the way to rural vitality.
This year’s R2R features a rural funder panel, keynotes, a fireside chat, and networking opportunities. Breakout sessions are focused on collective leadership, rural support resources, innovative Main Street approaches, Latino engagement, economic development, resilience and energy, board diversity, rural policy, and more. Sessions will be geared toward providing practical tools for people to bring back and implement in their communities.
Join us to make meaningful connections and learn from other rural champions about:
Growing Equitable Economies and Entrepreneurship
Increasing Rural Access to Resources
Supporting Diverse and Inclusive Rural Leadership
Elevating Diverse Rural Voices
Exploring Rural Civic Engagement
Lodging Information
SpringHill Suites Kennewick Tri-Cities has some rooms left at the special rate for conference attendees. The Hilton Garden Inn lodging block is sold out.
Special lodging rates end March 27 or when the block runs out.
"Regards to Rural was diversity and inclusion in action; demonstrated, modeled. It is the way rural leads—by doing. In a world where we hear more about what divides us than unites us, we collectively demonstrated how rural does and learns DEI. Thank you RDI for bringing together so many peoples and points of view. Regards to Rural is what rural vitality looks like."
~ Regards to Rural 2022 Participant
Thanks to the following for their generous support of Regards to Rural 2024:
The Ford Family Foundation; Sherwood Trust; Roundhouse Foundation; Community Heart & Soul; Energy Trust of Oregon; Umpqua Bank; The Oregon Multifamily Energy Program (OR-MEP) from Oregon Housing & Community Services (OHCS); The Partners Group; USDA Office of External & Intergovernmental Affairs; Visit Tri-Cities, Washington; Benton County Community Foundation