SaveYour.Town
Not everyone sees a future for small towns. That’s clear from media reports that question the future of small towns and articles that talk about what’s wrong with…
A new video each month in 2019 Available from the 1st to the 15th On rural topics you asked for Have you had trouble catching our SaveYour.Town…
Can you make a small town more open to new ideas? Yes, and it may be the most important thing you can do. In a world driven by…
Sometimes, when someone is telling me about their town, they’ll say it. “We have nothing here! Nothing!” It bothers me. Surely you have something to work with? Des…
There’s an entire class of consultants out there who will come to your town and tell you what’s wrong with it. They take their template that they…
When I met with the people interested in forming a downtown development group in Pullman, Washington, I shared some basic ideas about the Innovative Rural Business Models, then…
“Every one of your Innovative Rural Business Models is illegal!” That was what the code enforcement guy said to me, and to the whole audience, when he spoke after…
When we talk about doing things the Idea Friendly way, you might think I’m asking you to do a lot of new things. I’m not. You’re doing…
How many times has your town lost its economic reason for being? Think back to the reason your town was founded. Did it start with farming or transportation?…
Delmont, South Dakota (pop 234), was struck by a tornado in 2015. Several people were injured, and the whole town was evacuated for safety. You could forgive the…
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