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What challenges do you face in your community and business? Tell us here

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Survey of Rural Challenges

Over 1400 people have shared their rural challenges with us since 2015. With all the change we’ve been through, have your priorities changed? We’d like your help to get an updated view of the challenges to your community and your business, and what’s working well or not so much. The survey is open to rural people […]

November 11, 2022 Filed Under: rural, trends Tagged With: Survey of Rural Challenges

Survey of Rural Challenges 2021 results, analysis of themes from 2015 through today

By Becky McCray

Survey of Rural Challenges 2021

Rural communities were not immune to the chaos of 2020, but remained more concerned with ongoing challenges. To find out what rural people felt were their biggest challenges, SaveYour.Town and SmallBizSurvival.com surveyed over 280 rural people in the fourth quarter of 2020. The results make up this fourth edition of the Survey of Rural Challenges. Challenges […]

June 7, 2021 Filed Under: announcement, community, economic development, entrepreneurship, rural, trends Tagged With: economic development, research, rural trends, small towns, survey, Survey of Rural Challenges

How has 2020 changed the challenges rural small towns face? Tell us here

By Becky McCray

Survey Crew Ahead. Photo by RustyClark on Flickr

Seems like there have been a lot of coronavirus-related surveys this year. This survey is different: we’ve been asking for and listening to your rural challenges since 2015. Of course rural challenges are different this year with COVID-19. That doesn’t mean all your other challenges disappeared, but it might mean your priorities have changed. We’d like your […]

October 20, 2020 Filed Under: announcement, community, entrepreneurship, rural Tagged With: ABCD, assets, coronavirus, covid-19, COVID19, survey, Survey of Rural Challenges

Survey of Rural Challenges 2019 results

By Becky McCray

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, Survey of Rural Challenges, surveys

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