Rural Resurrection

Creating Design Guidelines

In our second post of four about design guidelines, we’re going to discuss creating design guidelines. Once you’ve made the decision design guidelines would be right for your community, it… Read more »

What are Design Guidelines?

One subject that has been brought up to me from time to time by readers is the subject of design guidelines. Also referred to as architectural guidelines or design standards,… Read more »

Small Business Saturday 2024

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 »

Artist and Fare is a Former Shopko?

Shopko’s bankruptcy has been problematic for a number of small towns throughout the Midwest. Not only were towns reeling from the loss of sales tax base and retail options for… Read more »

Go on a Wijkwandeling in Your Community

As mentioned in my last post, this past September my family traveled to Norway to attend the wedding of my oldest child. He recently married a native of the Land… Read more »

Reflections on Norway

Back in 2018, my oldest son set out on a mission trip to Asia. My memories of that trip include driving to Idaho where his group returned, to help him… Read more »

Why Plan? – To Be Committed

In observance of National Community Planning Month Rural Resurrection is publishing a series of posts on planning-related topics. Each year National Planning Month is recognized to promote community planning. A… Read more »

Why Plan? – Better Decision-Making

In observance of National Community Planning Month, Rural Resurrection is publishing a series of posts on planning-related topics. Each year National Planning Month is recognized to promote community planning. A… Read more »

National Community Planning Month 2024

The month of October is National Community Planning Month. No, there are not 31 days of planning gifts to your favorite planner ranging from zoning maps to books written by… Read more »

Grant Spotlight: FEMA BRIC Grants

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 »