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Join the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs for a Lunch and Learn Zoom presentation featuring Basil Gooden, Ph.D., Director of State Operations for USDA Rural Development. His presentation is titled "The Resurgence of Rural America." One in five Americans now lives in a small town. An unexpected result of the pandemic has been a steady increase in talent moving to rural areas as people reexamine their values, connections to family and work-life balance. What is next in this resurgence of rural America? Join Basil Gooden for a virtual discussion that examines the opportunities and challenges in areas of economic development, community-building and overall well-being in the transformation of what it means to live in rural America, now and in the future. Michael Mackenzie, director of the Land Use Education Program and research associate for the Center for Urban and Regional Analysis (CURA), will serve as the session moderator and Dean Susan Gooden, Ph.D., will provide opening remarks. The event will be recorded and shared through email and the Wilder School YouTube channel. Closed captioning through Zoom will be available during the session. For more information, contact Stevan Dozier, director of development and alumni engagement, at doziers2@vcu.edu.