Plant the Seeds
Pamela Slim, author of Body of Work and developer of the Indispensable Community Tour shares these 35 ways to seed and support your community. 35 Ways to seed and support your…
Pamela Slim, author of Body of Work and developer of the Indispensable Community Tour shares these 35 ways to seed and support your community. 35 Ways to seed and support your…
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…
My mom loved looking at Becky’s iPad. That’s because whenever Becky visited she showed her pictures of animals in far away places. I believe that we are given…
It’s so easy to become entrenched in our day to day activities. We get up, go into our morning routine, go to work, come home and then our…
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…
The most common question visitors ask is “what is there to do here?” When I work in a community during an embedded experience I help them find better ways…
How are you marketing your retail business? Small town retailers often fit into two marketing categories: old school way and idea friendly way. Old school way is doing…
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…
Do you even know who the newcomers are in your town? One way to find out is to ask your real estate agents, they’ve sold them houses or…
“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…
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