Rural Resurrection

Zoning for Destination Towns

Destination Towns is a new series on Rural Resurrection. These towns are those that are unique and boldly different. Towns that stick out in a crowd and draw people in,… Read more »

Destination Towns: Planning the Road Ahead

Destination Towns is a new series on Rural Resurrection. These towns are those that are unique and boldly different. Towns that stick out in a crowd and draw people in,… Read more »

What Are Destination Towns?

A recent project that I have been working on is “Destination Towns”. It is closely linked to my earlier post about Adjusting to the New Economy. The idea of Destination… Read more »

Implementation Month: Bite-Sized Pieces

This January Rural Resurrection is celebrating the fourth annual National Implementation Month! So let the festivities begin! But where do you start? One way of getting started is to break… Read more »

Grant Spotlight: Hart Family Fund for Small Towns

Occasionally on Rural Resurrection, we spotlight a few grants that are available to rural communities throughout the Midwest. Usually, we are talking about a specific project and mention how a… Read more »

National Implementation Month 2024

Happy National Implementation Month!! This year marks the 5th National Implementation Month. My how time flies! The concept for the month-long event came out of one of the earlier posts… Read more »

Looking Back on 2023

This past year has been an eventful year for Rural Resurrection. As usual, a wide range of posts have graced this blog with the intent of helping small-town America thrive…. Read more »

Rudolph Wisconsin Lives up to its Name

Last summer my family and I traveled to the Wisconsin Dells for our summer vacation. For those of you who do not know, Wisconsin Dells is the waterpark capital of… Read more »

Adjusting to the New Economy

Although the term “New Economy” has been around for much longer than the COVID pandemic, the economy certainly has changed in the past few years. The perception of the New… Read more »

Adaptive Reuse: School Buildings

Adaptive Reuse is a relatively popular category for the Rural Resurrection website. If done right, an adaptive reuse project can be a profitable venture for those involved. But if done… Read more »