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New Research Published
A number of significant pieces of research have recently been finalised by RCV and are now available for the use of member councils.
These reports are useful resources for member councils to use in understanding or articulating key issues, preparing funding submissions, advocating to other agencies or conducting their own policy and strategic planning work.
Report: Economic Impact Assessment of the Creation and Retention of Rural Jobs
RCV commissioned Crowe Horwath to conduct an economic impact assessment to quantify the relative value of jobs created or retained in rural towns.
The report confirms what many of our member councils have experienced anecdotally; that the impact of any single job is magnified in a small rural community, and that the smaller the town the larger the impact. Consequently, the report also articulates the significant cost of each and every single job that is lost in a rural setting.
This report should support member councils to articulate the economic benefit of investment in jobs in rural locations, strengthening the case for funding support based on maximum return on investment.
View the full report on our website.
Rural Promotion Program
RCV commissioned Twig Marketing to deliver a program designed to optimise the efforts of member councils attempting to promote their respective areas to potential residents, partners and/or investors.
This program included the analysis of key target markets previously determined in early RCV reports, and the development of key messages, resources and collateral to support targeted campaign activity. This project also maps key events and opportunities from promotion, to best support RCV member councils to plan more collaborative and high impact activities.
Twig Marketing has worked with our member councils to create profiles of destinations, houses, jobs and stories of those who have relocated to the country. These are available at livecountry.com.au.
Twig Marketing has also prepared a report on the project for the benefit of member Councils which is available to view on our website. A short summary of the project is also available to view.
Report: Services for Rural Liveability
There are a number of essential services required by residents of rural communities.
RCV commissioned Urban Enterprise to undertake research to understand the factors which influence provision of these essential services in rural communities.
The resulting report quantifies which services are considered most important to residents in terms of liveability, and provides direction and examples of alternate models of service provision to ensure access to these services can be maintained.
The full report is available to view on the RCV website. A short summary of the project is also available to view.
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