Deb Brown and I have kicked off a new podcast series as part of A Positive View of Rural and SaveYour.Town. Each week we bring you five news stories or articles you can use in your small town business or revitalization projects. We add our comments and ideas, and we always share the links. […]
Welcome to Small Biz Survival
As we’ve hit the middle of the year, this seems like a good time to welcome subscribers new and old. This is the only place I know of focused on helping you succeed in business in a small town. My name is Becky McCray, and I am a rural small business owner myself. If you […]
Pop-Ups Mini Course closes Monday June 15
Help, our downtown is dead! When I talk with people about their small towns, the most common thing I hear is that their downtown is dead. They don’t have many businesses, the few businesses aren’t open convenient hours, and no body goes downtown because there’s nothing going on. Or some variation on those themes. You’re not the […]
The first step to save a town
You don’t have to wait for someone from outside to come in and save your town. You don’t need some other person with some special qualities to show up and help you. You don’t have to wait for fate to take its course. You have the choice to act to shape the future of […]
