Category: Events and Conferences

Annual observances, events, conferences, and other activities that can have an impact on our communities, directly or indirectly.

Affordable Housing Month 2023

The month of May is Affordable Housing Month. Rural Resurrection continues to look at ways to help communities to provide safe, decent, affordable housing. Whereas rural America used to have… Read more »

National Planning Conference 2023 - Philadelphia

APA NPC ’23 – The Aftermath

Well, it’s over, the planning nerds have left Philly. NPC 23 is finally over. The residents can feel safe from the horde of planners taking pictures of streetscapes, signs, and… Read more »

5 Ways to Celebrate National Small Business Week

Each year National Small Business Week is celebrated in the first week of May. This year the celebration will be held from April 30 to May 6. The U.S. Small… Read more »

2023 Nebraska Planning Conference – The Aftermath

Kearney has weathered the Nebraska Planning Conference once again. The mass of planning and zoning geeks that infiltrated this Nebraska community have left. But attendees of the 2023 Nebraska Planning… Read more »

APA NPC23 – Look Out Philly!

These lyrics keep bouncing around in my mind… “In West Philadelphia born and raised. On the playground is where I spent most of my days.” Why do I have the… Read more »

Get Ready for National Community Development Week

Mark your calendars! The week of April 10-14th is National Community Development Week! So why am I telling you now? You need time to plan a party! Ok, it may… Read more »

Emmetsburg Showcases their Destination Town

Emmetsburg was an overnight town during RAGBRAI 2022. Although my team’s time in the community was short the community intrigued me. It intrigued me enough to make the community the… Read more »

2023 Nebraska Planning Conference

A regular subject on Rural Resurrection is the 2023 Nebraska Planning Conference. This was mainly due to the fact that I’ve been President of one of the organizations that put… Read more »

RAGBRAI: Links to Stories

My posts about each year’s RAGBRAI event in Iowa have been a popular set of posts on this blog. Each year that my team, the Buff Riders, takes on RAGBRAI… Read more »

Implementation Month: Posts from the Past

When starting an Implementation Month activity in your own community, one month’s worth of posts may not be enough support. It may not be enough information, enough direction, or even… Read more »