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  • Rural America is winning. We have the Brain Gain.
    community | economic development | rural | trends

    Rural America is winning. We have the Brain Gain.

    BySmall Biz Survival August 5, 2014January 2, 2018

    Guest post by Rick Skorupski   Population migration – a net loss or a net gain for the The Plains States? Thanks to Grow Spink Inc. (an economic development non profit in north eastern South Dakota), I had the opportunity to go the Symposium on Small Towns at the University of Minnesota – Morris in June…

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  • 7 best strengths of small town stores
    community | entrepreneurship | rural | success

    7 Strengths of Small Town Businesses #7: Benefiting the Local Community

    ByBecky McCray August 4, 2014August 8, 2014

    7 Biggest Strengths of Local Shops And how you can build on them. Remember the 7 Weaknesses of Local Shops? They were crazy popular because they touched a nerve. I acknowledged that some of our local businesses really need to step up to earn business today. This series is the flip side of that idea. Small…

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  • Turn a simple coupon book into an engagement tool
    community | marketing | shop local

    Turn a simple coupon book into an engagement tool

    ByBecky McCray June 10, 2014June 8, 2014

    Your assignment: include an element of how your organization changes the world for the better in every bit of communication that you create. That’s a tough assignment. It means you have to: Know how your organization is changing the world for the better. Know how to express it even in a few words. Remember it every time…

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  • Bowden, ND sign
    community | economic development | rural

    The Power of Coming Together

    ByGlenn Muske June 5, 2014May 21, 2014

    Small rural communities are here to stay! This should not shock anyone. If you read this blog on a regular basis, you have heard the message before. Yet a look at many news sources would suggest that thes message has not yet made it into the main stream. Not a problem. We will just continue…

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  • Community banking is critical to small towns
    community | podcast | rural

    Community banking is critical to small towns

    ByBecky McCray June 4, 2014June 3, 2014

    At the AMIBA national conference, I captured a few of the sessions that I thought you might be interested in. This one is about community bankers and how they get involved in your town. If you haven’t started a relationship with a community bank, now is a great time to get out and meet one….

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  • If you stand in the right place and line up the courthouse, you will see all of the other buildings that were there in 1920. Sign by Doug Mackenzie.
    community | rural | tourism

    Two arts projects to change how visitors and residents view your town

    ByBecky McCray June 3, 2014December 9, 2018

    Two art projects that are kind of cousins caught my attention as tools for small towns. First is from reader Doug Mackenzie. It’s metal sign that, if you stand in the right place and line up the courthouse in the center, it shows the other historic buildings from the town of Marshall, North Carolina. (See the…

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  • Group taking a walking tour of a downtown.
    community | rural | shop local | social media

    One social media trick for any group with members

    ByBecky McCray May 19, 2014August 27, 2014

      Jen Risley spoke on a panel with me at the American Independent Business Alliance Conference, and I want to share one or two smart tricks she uses. Jen represents Monadnock Buy Local, covering 35 small towns in the Monadnock Region of southwestern New Hampshire. Her members are all local businesses. She’s a one-person staff so she…

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    Small Business Celebration – May 12 – 16, 2014

    ByGlenn Muske May 8, 2014August 27, 2014

    Next week, May 12th through the 16th, is National Small Business Week, recognizing “the critical contributions of America’s entrepreneurs and small business owners.” The Small Business Administration has lead this effort since 1963. It applauds this group of businesses. More than half of Americans either own or work for a small business and they create…

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