Radically Rural - Rural Communities

A Dynamic (Virtual) Gathering for Thriving Small Communities

Radically Rural™ 2020 brings you Radically Rural Remote™: a single-day, entirely virtual summit for shaping and sharing ideas surrounding the advantages and opportunities of rural regions.

Introducing Radically Rural Remote™

Due to COVID-19, Radically Rural Remote™ virtually brings together hundreds of people who are passionate about creating vibrant, robust rural communities and are eager to learn, connect and lead the charge.

Check out the Schedule!

Get ready for one whole day packed full of information, ideas, and stories from rural regions just like yours. Familiarize yourself with the schedule and remember that you can attend sessions across any tracks!

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Please continue to check back here for new updates and information regarding Radically Rural Remote™. We hope to see you from our screenin September!

2020 Radical Sponsor

2020 Keynote Speakers

Becky McCray Expert FOR Small Towns SaveYour.Town	John Molinaro President Appalachian Partnership, Inc.

2020 Track & Gold Sponsor

Program Tracks

Six program tracks feature topics that offer strategic opportunities for
transformation in rural communities

Arts & Culture

Clean Energy

Community Journalism

Entrepreneurship

Land & Community

Main Street

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Chris Dubriske of LumenMesh was one of the pitchers for the Rural Small Business Track at this year's PitchFork Challenge.

@lumenmesh is focused on creating easy to install and operate fixtures that will provide the right spectrum of light at the right time of day, with little to no input from the user. When the world has access to these advantages it will create happier and healthier individuals.

Check out LumenMesh: lumenmesh.com

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Steve Savage of TruV Volume Tremolo, was one of the pitchers for the Rural Small Business Track for the PitchFork Challenge.

TruV introduces the TruV volume tremolo. Volume tremolo because vibrato and volume can be affected simultaneously. Just pull out the push/pull pot and activate the volume circuit. As the tremolo bar rotates, the volume goes from null to max in about 10 degrees. No more "pinky swells".

Rarely do we find true innovation. We believe that the TruV tremolo is the first onboard guitar innovation since the tremolo itself. Our tremolo combines vibrato and volume in the tremolo bar which allows for unique and intuitive guitar voicing.

Check out TruV Volume Tremolo /www.truvtrem.com/

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Wangene Hall of Global Village Cuisine, was one of the pitchers for the Rural Small Business Track at this year's PitchFork Challenge.

@globalvillagecuisine cooks for you! The healthiest, most flavorful dishes from across Africa. Made allergy-friendly with clean ingredients. They're a small friendly business from Vermont. They believe in three things: Cooking with clean ingredients, creating bold African flavor, and doing social good.

Check out Global Village Cuisine: globalvillagecuisine.com

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"If we’re going to have an economic future, it will happen through small entrepreneurs like myself starting something cool and taking it to the next level".

Anne Field from @forbes spoke to this years PitchFork challenge winner, check out the article below.

The link is in our bio! @eatfrisky #gelato #local

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On September 24th at the Radically Rural Summit, Pitchers gave their final pitch for the Business track and Idea track.
We are excited to announce the winner of the Idea Track: Margit Foster, Owner of Little Lantern Pediatric Sleep Consulting!!! @littlelantern is a guiding light for child sleep - cutting through all the confusing and often contradictory advice available to the modern family about sleep, giving evidence-based methods while offering support every step of the way. Congratulations Margit!!

#radicallyrural #pitchfork #ideatrack #sleepconsulting

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The PitchFork Challenge is a business pitch competition focused on supporting the rural entrepreneurial ecosystem. It was intentionally created to provide money and momentum to increase the rate of rural startups by supporting the idea phase and the early challenging years of being a small rural business. This is not just another pitch competition, but a great way to jumpstart ideas, connections, and small businesses. On September 24th at the Radically Rural Summit, Pitchers gave their final pitch for the Business track and Idea track.

We are excited to announce the winner of the Rural Small Business Track: Linda Rubin, Owner of Frisky Cow Gelato!!! @eatfrisky provides children and adults of all ages with the best tasting, highest quality, locally and homemade gelato money can buy, using organic milk and the freshest flavorings and other ingredients sourced as locally as possible. Congratulations Linda!!

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