Rural Resurrection

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 »

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 »

Shopko Reuse Examples

In 2019 retailer Shopko declare bankruptcy and many small towns throughout the Midwest were left without a viable option for home goods. But they are also left with an empty… Read more »

Spooky Planning Terms

Halloween is upon us once again. A night of ghastly ghouls, unnerving undead, and….well, princesses and cartoon characters mulling about your neighborhood. It’s also a night of candy, lots of… Read more »

Check Out Booked on Planning

Working during the summers after high school, I was provided with a work truck to utilize as I went about my tasks. Back then work trucks often came with an… Read more »