SaveYour.Town
To find out what rural people felt were their biggest challenges, SaveYour.Town and SmallBizSurvival.com surveyed 315 rural people from the US, Canada and Australia between November 2022 and…
Judy Larson is from Lemmon, South Dakota. She shared this story about the STP. I spend a lot of time with community development folks. The grumble factor often…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Our 2022 focus for you is fairness. Throughout last year, we helped you build community and unify diverse groups in your small town. You can read more about…
Lots of small towns are facing major issues with their swimming pools. Should they invest the funds in more repairs? Should they build a whole new pool or…
Tionesta, Pennsylvania, picopolitan: population 300, had a big empty lot that they tried for years to get a developer to rebuild. Finally, they gave up on that and…
How many people have traveled every single street in their town? When I was in Caldwell, Kansas, several people talked about a particular street of run down houses.…
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