Rural Resurrection

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 »

RAGRAI 2022: West Union Goes Green – Part 1

One of the overnight towns along the RAGBRAI route was West Union, in Fayette County, Iowa. Thousands of riders, and their support crews, rode into town during the event. They… Read more »

Sod Witch Trail uses Halloween as a Fundraiser

Last year we highlighted the Top 5 Midwest Towns for Halloween. They were five Midwest towns that celebrated Halloween in a grand way. Their celebrations not only gave residents one… Read more »

Brownville Keeps Working on Riverfront

A couple of years ago Rural Resurrection posted a story about Brownville. This small town in Southeast Nebraska is incredibly resilient. Like many other towns along the Missouri River, they… Read more »

Star Communities: Lake View, Iowa

Star Communities are those communities that have shined above the rest. They may have overcome immense tragedy, or they have simply excelled beyond expectations for a town of their size…. Read more »

Nebraska Planning Conference 2022 – The Recap

The residents of Kearney can rest easy. The wild and ruckus bunch of planning and zoning geeks that infiltrated this Nebraska community have left. But attendees of the 2022 Nebraska… Read more »

National Community Planning Month 2022

Every October is National Community Planning Month. No, it doesn’t mean that you have to adopt a planner. But it wouldn’t hurt to buy your local planner a beer in… Read more »