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Rural Learning
From High School to Hired: A New Starting Point for Texas Water Careers
October 7, 2025
Water is one of our most essential resources—and it takes skilled people to keep it flowing safely to our communities. Texas has an exciting new...
Member Meeting
January 2025 Member Meeting
January 28, 2025
Welcome to our new members, Knapp Community Care Foundation, San Antonio Area Foundation, and the Trull Foundation! A special thanks to Sarah Schlessinger, CEO of...
Rural Learning
Chat with Rural CDFI Expert Ines Polonius, Communities Unlimited
November 29, 2023
Ines Polonius is CEO of Communities Unlimited, Inc., a CDFI and community economic development organization working across Texas and the rural South. Communities Unlimited works...
Rural Learning
Water and Economic Development Models with the Texas Water Trade
March 22, 2023
Texas Water Trade was founded in 2019, with a vision of durable, long-lasting water supplies that ensure future economic growth, ecological resilience and abundant water...
Rural Learning
Water 101 – Rural-Urban Water Interconnectivity
April 16, 2022
During the February 2021 winter storm, Texans got a terribly clear view of the fragility of the state’s water supplies and infrastructure, as almost half...