Our core challenge lies in putting it altogether within a cohesive strategy. Here’s a look at the seven themes, some examples of how they’re working in Pulaski, and suggestions on how a coalition might help foster more economic opportunity in downtown Pulaski.

When my community economic development organization, Beans and Rice, Inc., hosts university alternative break volunteer groups we always include an economic tour of Pulaski County. The tour’s goal is to contextualize the students’ service learning experience within a wider geopolitical, historical, cultural, and macro-economic perspective. It provides volunteers with analytic