Ed Morrison is so on the ball. Here’s an item from his latest round-up of economic development news. The undersecretary for rural development in the U.S. Department of Agriculture has a clear focus for rural development: renewable energy, broadband access and location. Read more. To these three, most knowledgeable observers would add entrepreneurship: growing a…

With Few Options, Rural Businesses Forced to Find Their Own Internet Access: “It comes down to population density,” said Josh Holbrook, an analyst with the Yankee Group, a research firm based in Boston. The smaller the population that would benefit from DSL, the less likely a service provider will invest the money into DSL equipment….