Heritage-based rural development helps build sustainable communities and strengthens regional economies through the conservation, reuse, and promotion of historic and cultural assets. The Winter 2010 issue of the Forum Journal includes seven articles that provide a perspective on current practices in heritage-based rural development. Topics include finding new uses for historic structures, branding for rural communities, local entrepreneurship strategies, tourism development, and advocacy for public policies that support heritage-based rural development.

Table of Contents

• Protecting Our Rural Heritage by Senator Blanche Lincoln
• Heritage-Based Rural Development by James Lindberg
• Save a Place, Save a Story by Jean Follett
• Telling the Untold Story: Branding in Rural Communities by Randy Wilson and Ben Muldrow
• Energizing Entrepreneurs—The Heart of Rural Heritage Development by Deborah M. Markley
• Arkansas Delta Byways: Connecting the Dots by Ruth Hawkins
• Innovative Programs Benefit Historic Places in the Rural Northeast by Elizabeth Humstone