CREATE BRIDGES

CREATE BRIDGES (Celebrating REtail, Accommodations, Tourism, and Entertainment by Building Rural Innovations and Developing Growth Economies) is a pilot project designed for multi-county regions to raise the awareness of the role retail, accommodations, tourism, and entertainment businesses play in the local economy; determine challenges, barriers, and opportunities related to those businesses; and develop and implement strategies to strengthen the retail, accommodations, tourism, and entertainment sectors within a region. CREATE BRIDGES is a collaborative partnership between the Southern Rural Development Center, the University of Arkansas, The University of Illinois, the University of Kentucky, New Mexico State University, North Carolina State University and Oklahoma State University. It is currently active in eight regions throughout the six partner states.