MLK Day of Service
On the third Monday of January of each year, we recognize Martin Luther King Jr. and his efforts to unite communities to a more positive future. However, MLK Day is… Read more »
Category: Events and Observances
Support Small Business Saturday
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 »
Top 5 Midwest Towns for Halloween
A couple years ago I profiled the Top 8 Small Midwest Towns for Christmas. It of course makes sense to do something similar for Halloween. There are a number of… Read more »
National Community Planning Month 2021
Every October is National Community Planning Month. No, it doesn’t mean that you have to take your planner to lunch….but I’ll keep campaigning for that custom each year! It also… Read more »
Plymouth Shares “Prepare to Protect”
September is National Preparedness Month. Each year we recognize National Preparedness Month to promote family and community disaster and emergency planning. As posted in 2019 and 2020, cities should take… Read more »
National Day of Service and Remembrance
Family members of lost loved ones from the 9/11 terror attacks started efforts to start annual day of service and remembrance in the years following the event. They didn’t want… Read more »
RAGBRAI is Back for 2021
Each year I document my interaction with the rolling party that is the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI). As well as one of the top annual events… Read more »
Affordable Housing Month 2021
The month of May is Affordable Housing Month. Unfortunately this month is somewhat of a double-edged sword for rural communities. For quite a while it has been a marketing point… Read more »
APA NPC21 – Anticipate and Adapt (The Recap)
Well, it’s over. This year’s APA National Conference (NPC21) is over. Except for some occasional technical difficulties, the overall conference ran well. It was run on a pretty good, pretty… Read more »
APA NPC21 – Anticipate and Adapt
Each year my excitement for the upcoming APA National Planning Conference (NPC21) starts to build in the December of the previous year. That’s when registration typically opens and I start… Read more »