About Us

The Institute for Rural Collaboration is a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization that seeks to empower rural communities through locally led, collaborative learning processes. Renewable energy development, permitting, and leases, including proposed wind and solar projects, can be contentious. To help navigate these types of public conversations, Institute for Rural Collaboration is offering financial and technical assistance to communities in Arizona and Georgia to support public "collaborative learning" approaches to consideration of renewable energy-related developments.