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A Community Gathering Place
Mar 12 // Rainey DeSiervo // Eugene, Oregon
Mar 12 // Rainey DeSiervo // Eugene, Oregon
After a conference put on by Rural Development Initiatives in Sweet Home in 2002, Karen Wells was inspired to realize her dream of building a...
Could EntrepreneurShip Investigation Help Keep Your Youth at Home?
Mar 5 // Joanne Steele // Dunsmuir, California
Mar 5 // Joanne Steele // Dunsmuir, California
Today I’m going to take a break from my introduction of my newly opened membership site, Take Control of Your Internet Marketing and talk...
Powered by Rural in Urban Areas
Mar 1 // Alison Cassin // Eugene, Oregon
Mar 1 // Alison Cassin // Eugene, Oregon
Do you live and work in an urban area? You too can make a difference in rural! There are things that you can be doing, and probably already are...
Rural Tourism: A Viable Rural Industry and a Vital Business Attraction Tool
Dec 21 // Joanne Steele // Dunsmuir, California
Dec 21 // Joanne Steele // Dunsmuir, California
Andy Hayes has a good article at Travel Online Partners about some small towns that are building their tourism industries with effective use of...
To Predict Unemployment Rates, Look at Civic Engagement Levels
Dec 9 // Kathi Jaworski // Eugene, Oregon
Dec 9 // Kathi Jaworski // Eugene, Oregon
Reprinted from the Nonprofit Quarterly Newswire What accounts for wide disparities in unemployment rates throughout the United States during the...
Community Website for Lake County: A Survey
Dec 1 // David Wade // Lakeview, Oregon
Dec 1 // David Wade // Lakeview, Oregon
Lake County, Oregon is exploring the exciting possibility of creating a community website. To gauge the potential success of the website, we've...
Public Recycling in the Methow Valley
Nov 29 // Joseph Weaver // Winthrop, Washington
Nov 29 // Joseph Weaver // Winthrop, Washington
It's been quite an amazing year for Methow Recycling Roundup. We approached two separate town councils, myriad local business owners, and local...
