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Survey of Rural Challenges 2019 results

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What small town people see as their biggest challenges And what topics rural people most want help with Wouldn’t it be great if the people who say they want to help rural people would actually listen to rural people’s own challenges?! That’s why we created this survey! We use the results to create practical steps […]

December 5, 2019 Filed Under: announcement, community, economic development, rural, trends Tagged With: community, diversity, rural, small business, Survey of Rural Challenges, surveys

What are your challenges? Add your voice here

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  Every small town has its own set of assets, issues and opportunities, but many of us share common challenges. We created the Survey of Rural Challenges so you could share your own view of rural, and we could better help you. A total of 479 people answered our previous surveys, and we’d like your […]

June 17, 2019 Filed Under: announcement, community, economic development, entrepreneurship, rural

What is holding us back? Why does every project take so long in small towns?

By Becky McCray

  We all hold different titles, work in different fields or sectors, but we’re all fighting for the future of our towns and rural places. We want to be a place our children and grandchildren and our nieces and nephews can live a good life. Quality of Life, a prosperous future for our towns, these are things […]

December 3, 2018 Filed Under: announcement, Best of, community, rural, trends Tagged With: idea friendly

Welcome back, Small Biz Survival email readers!

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We’ve missed you! Since I secured this site with https, you haven’t been receiving our emails. It was my fault for not updating our feed for delivery through MailChimp. I’m sorry. But you’re back now! Here are a few of the great articles you’ve missed lately… From me: The giant checklist of social media marketing […]

August 7, 2018 Filed Under: announcement

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