Rural Resurrection

National Community Development Week 2025

Time to celebrate! It’s nearly National Community Development Week! Celebrated in April each year, this year’s festivities start, April 21st, and run through the week. Ok, you may not break… Read more »

APA NPC25 – Denver

Each year, my excitement for the upcoming APA National Planning Conference (NPC25) starts to build in January. That’s when registration opens, and I start planning for my time at the… Read more »

Cottonwood Falls, KS – “Coolest Place in the Midwest”

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

What About Tax Increment Financing?

I’ve been writing posts for Rural Resurrection for nearly seven years now. Through the posts I’ve tried to relay information on a variety of tools to assist communities. However, there’s… Read more »

2025 Nebraska Planning Conference

A regular subject on Rural Resurrection is the Nebraska Planning Conference. This is mainly due to the fact that I’ve been President of one of the organizations that put the… Read more »

Embrace Remote Workers

COVID-19 had a number of wide-ranging impacts on the world. One of the biggest long-term impacts is on the mobility of our workforce. We were quickly forced to figure out… Read more »

Be Different, Be Different, Be Different

Recently, I came across this tweet. Portland, Oregon, is well known for its “Keep Portland Wierd” slogan. They’re different and not ashamed of it. In fact, they are proud of… Read more »

Destination Towns: Lindsborg, Kansas

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

Active Mobility Planning

In my early years in the planning profession, I was involved in a few bicycle and pedestrian plans and reviewed many more. But much like everything else, these plans have… Read more »

Scoping for Successful Implementation

This January Rural Resurrection is celebrating the fifth annual National Implementation Month! So let the festivities begin! To map a path ahead it is important to scope for your implementation… Read more »