100+ local elected leaders join together to boost the prospects of America’s rural places, smaller towns and midsized cities

June 21, 2018 in News

The First & Main coalition sends letter to Congress and the Trump administration urging them not to cut or eliminate programs upon which local communities rely.

This administration campaigned on promises of small-town prosperity. But do they understand what actual small town leaders need from them? For the last few months, this fast-growing group of local leaders—under the banner of First & Main—have been developing and rallying around a Blueprint for Prosperity to let both Congress and the White House know how to best help communities like theirs succeed. Continue reading »