Rural Life

Do Second Home Owners Kill Rural Villages?

March 31, 2009

Do second home owners kill villages? In an article on the British Broadcasting Corporation’s (BBC) blog, that’s the question asked. Apparently Great Britain is struggling with changing rural industry, like so many other areas in the United States and around the world. Manufacturing no longer exists, tourism is becoming more important, and young people are [...]

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A Stronger Voice for Rural America in Washington

March 13, 2009

Senate Democrats announced a “rural agenda” for the 111th Congress today. The website created to describe the issues they understand to be important to rural America is called Rural Outreach. “Rural America reflects our nation’s most precious values: hard work, independence, and an unparalleled commitment to community. Senate Democrats provide a voice for the over [...]

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Rural Sights and Sounds

March 2, 2009

“Not rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilarate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.” William Cowper One of the most widely read English poets of his day, 1731-1800

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What Rural America Doesn’t Have

March 1, 2009

“Ironically, rural America has become viewed by a growing number of Americans as having a higher quality of life not because of what it has, but rather because of what it does not have!” Don A. Dillman

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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 [...]

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Entrepreneurship: No Wonder We’re In Trouble

January 18, 2009

I found an ‘Entrepreneur Quiz’ at CNN this week, a short eight question survey called ‘’Do You Have What it Takes?“ The purpose of the quiz is to help you determine what your natural aptitude at entrepreneurship might be. It is based on the research of a Harvard professor, successful corporate executives and management consultants. [...]

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The Ordinary Qualities of Rural Life

January 11, 2009

The greatest results in life are usually attained by simple means and the exercise of ordinary qualities. These may for the most part be summed in these two: common-sense and perseverance.
 Owen Feltham

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Measuring Rurality: What is Rural?

January 4, 2009

  Sometimes it’s difficult to define what constitutes ‘rural life’ or a ‘rural business’. According to official U.S. Census Bureau definitions, rural areas comprise open country and populations or ‘settlements’ with fewer than 2,500 residents. 

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