How to grow a food and produce market business in a small town, the Idea Friendly Way
Many small towns are working on growing their local food business ecosystems, and fresh food and produce markets are a common goal. Markets can be the center of…
Many small towns are working on growing their local food business ecosystems, and fresh food and produce markets are a common goal. Markets can be the center of…
Art matters to a vibrant community. Who are your artists and how can you showcase them using the Idea Friendly Method?
Many programs for small towns have a list prerequisites that starts with “shared vision.” Consensus seems to always be on the list of qualities you need to succeed…
Something you see in almost every park is a chain link fence. Hardly the friendliest of welcomes. Check out these light, quick and cheap ways to apply placemaking to your chain link fences in parks and along trails.
SaveYour.Town creates a lasting legacy for rural people. That’s our informal mission statement. (If you know us, you know why we don’t have a formal mission statement!) At…
Painting murals using the paint by numbers method is a great way to bring people together and rally your community. In Webster City, Iowa, four groups–government, business, education…
What’s your tip for supporting more tiny business startups? I asked that question in my presentation for Mid-America EDC‘s Competitiveness Conference. Here are 17 tips people shared: 1. Social…
Gearing up for the holiday shopping season in a small downtown is challenging in the best of years. And this is not the best of years. Social distancing…
A sample idea from our new Cheap Downtown Placemaking Ideas video with Becky McCray and Deb Brown. Make sheet murals. Get cheap torn or stained sheets from the…
How do we rebuild our local economy? This crisis is different for each community. So many jobs lost, so many businesses gone or in bad shape. Most of…
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