Rural America

Rural Business Optimism in Rural America

January 21, 2009

Yesterday I awoke excited about Inauguration Day, knowing that President Obama will create much change in America, and hopefully many opportunities for Rural Business. I think a lot of other people woke up feeling the same way, because our web orders were triple yesterday what they usually are on a daily basis. Today’s web sales [...]

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Rural Microbusiness in 2009

January 13, 2009

The stories of gloom and doom are everywhere. Surprisingly enough, I ran across an article in the Wall Street Journal that discussed what was happening in North Carolina. It even focused on the town of Hickory, located just one hour away from me. “North Carolina’s widely lauded economic transformation of the last three decades — [...]

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The Skinny on Rural Broadband

January 12, 2009

As we look forward to the inauguration of President Elect Barack Obama we don’t know much about how the needs of rural America will be addressed in his economic stimulus plan. We do know that the plan will contain some funds to increase internet broadband access in rural America. Three recent online articles to read [...]

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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