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Are you waiting for a savior company or do you want to save your own town? You have everything you need to save your own town. You bring…
Jennifer Anderson, extension agent in Forsyth, Montana heard about working with newcomers at the first Reimaging Rural Conference. It’s a simple idea: gather your newcomers together to meet…
Candee Brossman found a way to re-open the Cultural Center in Woodward, OK, without a capital campaign to pay for it. She said “Sometimes we look at a…
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…
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