Spring has sprung early! I can spend my Sunday mornings in two-wheeled bliss again. This morning led me east to the hills of Crook City, then north through Whitewood, and on to that Francophone paradise, St. Onge. View Larger Map…
Posts tagged as “rural”
These Occupiers are out standing in their field: Steph Larsen and Brian DePew stake rural America's claim to membership in the 99% with their occupation of a pasture near Lyons, Nebraska. Lyons... hey! Isn't that a French name? They must…
Professor/pol Jon Lauck makes the New York Post to comment on the decline of rural communities in South Dakota: "This is not a mysterious process," says Jon Lauck, who has a Ph.D. in the history of South Dakota and serves…
"Branding" expert Ed Burghard argues that economic development officials should measure the success of their marketing campaigns not on actual improvement in economic development but in "positive impact on the perception of your community and an increased willingness to learn…
Whether you're spending Thursday morning eating $500 pancakes with Kristi Noem and John Boehner at the country club or enjoying free pancakes with the South Dakota Democrats at Sherman Park (oh, the metaphors!), you'll want to hightail it up to…
How can your inner megalomaniac not thrill to the news that you could buy an entire town for $799,000? 46 acres, including most of the buildings in beautiful Scenic, South Dakota, are for sale. The asking price is down from…
I see two major rural development workshops here in South Dakota on the summer calendar. The first, the Governor's Ag Development Summit, takes place in Sioux Falls next week, July 28 and 29. The second, the MarketPlace: Opening Doors to…
Mike Knutson of the Rural Learning Center draws our attention to research by Ben Winchester, University of Minnesota Extension, on small-town strategies for attracting and retaining new residents. Winchester analyzed data from 53 surveys and focus group conversations with relatively…