We don’t often think of giving Christmas presents to our communities unless we are considering a donation to a community foundation or program. A recent post from the Strom Center at Dickenson State University reminded me how important it is for rural communities to create activities that [...]
Yesterday, we presented readers with a basic economic question: Do our rural communities have enough resources to invest in being attractive to both Boomers and Millennials? I raised it after reading an article from Northern Great Plains, Inc.’s newsletter, which provides great tips for creating communities that are more attractive [...]
We talk a lot on ReImagine Rural about creating rural communities that are attractive for young people. We do so because most rural communities in the Midwest are getting older and older each year. If we want our rural communities to have a bright future, [...]
Prairie Business Magazine just released a story touting recent job creation activities in small, rural communities of the Upper Midwest. The article’s message: small, rural communities can enjoy job growth if they are focused and work at it.
There’s a lot of good advice for communities in the article. [...]
Lately we’ve been calling on rural communities to “reimagine” their futures by focusing on transformational strategies rather than those of revitalization. In a recent post on the Daily Yonder, Timothy Collins reminded me that this can’t take place without “reimaging” the future of education in our rural communities.
One of the toughest tasks for rural communities is figuring out how to address the community’s housing needs. In an effort to help communities, the Rural Learning Center helped establish the Rural Housing Collaborative. Essentially a group of housing leaders in South Dakota, the Collaborative created the Rural Housing Playbook. [...]
Yesterday, while talking to partner organizations in the South Dakota Partnership for Teacher Quality, I had opportunity to revisit the Rural Learning Center’s tag line “ReImagine Rural.”
I explained to the group that we feel “ReImagine Rural” captures the essence of what the RLC believes about the future of rural communities: [...]
Lately, I’ve held up the Miller, SD Facebook Fan Page as a good example of how rural communities can use Facebook. Because of the spiffy photos, engaging questions, and interesting responses that have been posted on the page, I feel like I’ve gotten to know Miller a lot better. [...]
In honor of my good friend Joe Bartmann of the Sioux Falls Green Project visiting me in Howard (SD) yesterday, I wanted to share a post related to the green movement in rural places. Amazingly, an article titled “Climate Change and Rural Communities in the [...]
