
When your small town has to start with nothing
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…
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…
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…
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…
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?…
First, location doesn’t matter. More and more people are working remotely and/or creating their own entrepreneurial businesses. Is your town ready for new people? Have you got cool…
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