SaveYour.Town
You don’t need permission to do most placemaking ideas in your downtown. You don’t even need a lot of money (under $100.) Somehow, we’ve relied upon some group,…
Welcoming new residents means dealing with those members of your community who are not so open to new people moving in. Practical step 1: Magnify stories of people…
Cooperatives can play a big role in small towns, providing products and services to fill gaps as well as giving local people a share of ownership. Rural cooperatives…
You’ve sat through plenty of board meetings and a few city council meetings. They are held in the ‘official’ locations, with assigned seating (real or imagined) and there’s…
We’re living through a shift in power, to one that is more open to participation by people outside of our formal organization. For local leaders and officials, it’s…
I’ve heard business owners say things like “in this economic climate, it’s hard to get new customers” and “no one has any money to spend, we can’t afford…
Committees are just a group of people who want to do things. The problem is forming committees is the old way of doing things. Volunteers are harder to find…
One of my longtime friends in Oklahoma, Melyn Johnson from micropolitan Guymon, Oklahoma, told me a cool thing they do at a local event: they do a parade…
I sit on a volunteer board for Legacy Learning Boone River Valley in Webster City, Iowa. I was surprised at the number of local instructors in my community…
Who knows what trends will affect small and rural communities in 2022 and beyond? Not many trends pieces cover rural places. These trends are specifically about rural and small…
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