rural business

Climate Change in Appalachia

March 3, 2009

As some of you may already know, my handmade craft business is very much seasonal and tourist-based, particularly from May through October when travel on the Blue Ridge Parkway is heaviest. For those of us with tourism businesses, nature and our mountain climate can be our best friends ….or our adversaries. We watch our regional [...]

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Rural Business Weekly News – February 28, 2009

February 28, 2009

Here are a few interesting blogs and online articles published this week that relate to Rural Small Business, ending February 28, 2009: The statistics this week describe huge job losses in rural America. From December 2007 through November 2008, rural counties throughout the country lost a total of 15,000 jobs. But in December 2008 alone, [...]

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Another Source for ADA Training Package

February 23, 2009

With thanks to reader Barbara McWilliams, another source of the ‘Improving Your Rural Business With The ADA’ training package discussed yesterday is Breaking New Ground, Cultivating Independence for Persons with Disabilities in Agriculture. The price is $25.00.

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Serving Rural Customers With Disabilities

February 22, 2009

Improving Your Rural Business with the ADA is a training package targeted toward rural businesses. It is a program that can be used to assist rural business owners as well as other community members in understanding and implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Owners of rural businesses will learn how the ADA can have [...]

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Rural Business Weekly News – February 21, 2009

February 21, 2009

Here are a few interesting blogs and online articles published this week that relate to Rural Small Business, ending February 21, 2009: President Obama signed the stimulus package this week, with much discussion on the funds allocated for rural America in installing rural broadband. In Stimulus Stirs Debate Over Rural Broadband Access, you can get [...]

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What Is The Future of Business Cards?

February 20, 2009

What is the future of business cards? I was looking at various items I need to reprint this Spring, and my business card is one of them. I’m always amazed at print prices and how they continue to come down from years past, even just from last Fall. That’s definitely not a complaint. The color [...]

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Without Mistakes

February 19, 2009

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. Albert Einstein

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Starting A Rural Business During Tough Times

February 18, 2009

As more people in rural America find themselves laid off or working reduced hours, the idea of starting a small rural business or expanding the one you already have is something to consider. Here are several online resources to help you think things through. In Advice for the Accidental Entrepreneur, Dr. Jeff Cornwall defines who [...]

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Business Story of the Day Podcasts

February 16, 2009

NPR Radio offers a ‘Business Story of the Day’ each weekday, available as a podcast and as well as in print on their webpages. These stories are not focused on rural and small businesses, but include them occasionally. The stories are always short and to the point, and instructive about many different industries and situations.

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Rural Business Weekly News – February 14, 2009

February 14, 2009

There will be lots of articles in the coming weeks that try to tell us exactly what was in the stimulus package that just passed and what it all really means, but here’s the coverage from the Associated Press published today. Supposedly the 7 billion in grants for rural broadband are intended for small town [...]