Rural Resurrection

National Implementation Month 2023

Happy National Implementation Month!! This year’s National Implementation Month is the 4th annual celebration of getting things done! The concept for the month-long event came out of my earlier articles… Read more »

Looking Back on 2022

This year was finally a return to normalcy…..ok, somewhat normalcy. Looking back on 2022, we have as a nation, a world that has started to emerge from the pandemic. But… Read more »

Branding for Communities: Links to Stories

Branding is a new category for the Rural Resurrection website. Understanding the need for the development and implementation of a brand is important for every community. Provided below is a… Read more »

Branding for Communities: Flags

“Branding for Communities: Flags” is the latest posting in the Branding for Communities series. Understanding the need for the development and implementation of a brand is important for every community…. Read more »

What is a Bypass Impact Study?

Often, communities work for decades to entice their state to invest in significant improvements to the highways that serve their communities. The potential economic impact of a 2-lane to 4-lane… Read more »

The Floods of 2019: Links to the Stories

Rural Resurrection covered the Floods of 2019 through a series of posts since floodwaters first impacted the upper Midwest. The coverage of the event and how communities have worked to… Read more »

2019 Flood Recovery: Helping with Flood Buckets

Helping with Flood Buckets is the latest in a series of posts about how rural communities were impacted and are striving to recover from the floods of 2019. Craig, Missouri… Read more »

RAGBRAI ’22: Agritourism Shines on Day One

When most people think of activities at RAGBRAI, they think of the towns, but there’s quite a bit of agritourism going on as well. That was a fact out of… Read more »

Buchanan Supports Small Business Saturday

It’s November again and Small Business Saturday is almost on us once again. Last year I wrote about the need for your community to Support Small Business Saturday. This year… Read more »

RAGRAI 2022: West Union Goes Green – Part 2

Last week we took a look at the West Union Green Streets Pilot Project and how it came about. West Union was an overnight town during RAGBRAI in 2022 and… Read more »