National Community Development Week 2024
Time to celebrate! It’s nearly National Community Development Week! Celebrated in April each year, this year’s festivities start today, April 1st, and run through the week. Ok, you may not… Read more »
Category: Events and Observances
Small Business Saturday 2023
Small Business Saturday was created during the midst of the recession in 2010. Conceived by American Express, the event encourages holiday shoppers to shop local the day after Black Friday…. Read more »
National Community Planning Month 2023
The leaves are changing and football is upon us once again. But don’t let that distract you from National Community Planning Month!!! It doesn’t mean that community planning is only… Read more »
RAGBRAI 2023 Winners
Each year my team, the Buff Riders, and I joke that we are “winning” the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa. It’s a joke because it is a “bicycle… Read more »
RAGBRAI ’23 is Coming!
Do you hear that? That distant rumble is the beginning of the convergence of hordes of bicyclists upon Iowa. Once again, I’ll be escorting the Buff Riders on their journey… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »