How co-operatives can help boost equity in your rural economy
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…
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…
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…
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…
If you set up entrepreneur training, you want to reach as many potential entrepreneurs as you can. When only a handful sign up and even fewer show up and some drop out before the…
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…
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…
Tiny business startups are our best bet for revitalizing rural areas, small towns and distressed economies. To help these small entrepreneurs to be more successful, put them into…
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…
Jack in Georgetown, South Carolina, USA, shared what they are doing to renew, refresh and recover during and after the lockdown of coronavirus/COVID-19. Deb Brown shares all five…
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