Rural Resurrection

Know Your Midwest Housing Styles

Every rural community has a wide range of housing styles. Many times the styles of your housing stock are based purely on what style was prevalent during the time period… Read more »

Affordable Housing Month 2023

The month of May is Affordable Housing Month. Rural Resurrection continues to look at ways to help communities to provide safe, decent, affordable housing. Whereas rural America used to have… Read more »

APA NPC ’23 – The Aftermath

Well, it’s over, the planning nerds have left Philly. NPC 23 is finally over. The residents can feel safe from the horde of planners taking pictures of streetscapes, signs, and… Read more »

5 Ways to Celebrate National Small Business Week

Each year National Small Business Week is celebrated in the first week of May. This year the celebration will be held from April 30 to May 6. The U.S. Small… Read more »

2023 Nebraska Planning Conference – The Aftermath

Kearney has weathered the Nebraska Planning Conference once again. The mass of planning and zoning geeks that infiltrated this Nebraska community have left. But attendees of the 2023 Nebraska Planning… Read more »

Five Years of Rural Resurrection

Ah, time flies doesn’t it? It has been five years. Although I published a “coming soon” post in March of 2018, the first real post on Rural Resurrection was on… Read more »

APA NPC23 – Look Out Philly!

These lyrics keep bouncing around in my mind… “In West Philadelphia born and raised. On the playground is where I spent most of my days.” Why do I have the… Read more »

Get Ready for National Community Development Week

Mark your calendars! The week of April 10-14th is National Community Development Week! So why am I telling you now? You need time to plan a party! Ok, it may… Read more »

Emmetsburg Showcases their Destination Town

Emmetsburg was an overnight town during RAGBRAI 2022. Although my team’s time in the community was short the community intrigued me. It intrigued me enough to make the community the… Read more »

2023 Nebraska Planning Conference

A regular subject on Rural Resurrection is the 2023 Nebraska Planning Conference. This was mainly due to the fact that I’ve been President of one of the organizations that put… Read more »