Rural Resurrection

The Impact of the ROAD to Housing Act on Rural Communities

Throughout the rural Midwest, communities have frustrating shortages. Local businesses are hurting for workers. The challenge isn’t the lack of opportunity. It isn’t a lack of jobs. The growing issue… Read more »

Grant Spotlight: State Farm Good Neighbor Citizenship®

A number of large corporations have philanthropic interests. You just have to know which ones offer grants that 1) your community qualifies for, and 2) supports a project that you’re… Read more »

USDA Rural Disaster Home Repair Grant Program (DAF)

I’ve written quite a bit about USDA’s programs on Rural Resurrection. This includes Search Grants, Economic Impact Initiative Grants, the Rural Data Gateway, and others. One program that I haven’t… Read more »

Accepting Ideas for Posts

Is there a subject affecting your rural community that you would like to know more information about? Have you read a post on Rural Resurrection, but would like to know… Read more »

National Preparedness Month 2026

September is National Preparedness Month. Each year National Preparedness Month is recognized to promote family and community disaster and emergency planning. Each year FEMA puts out a themed campaign during National Preparedness… Read more »

400 Posts!

Rural Resurrection has now surpassed 400 posts! Since this blog started in 2018, 400 articles have been written to aid rural communities in the Midwest. It has been quite the… Read more »

Branding for Communities: Links to Stories

Branding is a growing 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 »

Sister Cities, It’s for Small Towns Too

In my travels, I have seen quite a few communities with sister cities. A simple Google search reveals a wide variety of large cities with sister cities. Some may believe… Read more »

Share Rural Resurrection with Others

Are you enjoying the posts that you read on Rural Resurrection? Do you know of others who could benefit from reading the content here? Then please share Rural Resurrection with… Read more »

Better Application Forms

As a community planner, I regularly take a look at how other communities are doing things. Whether I’m looking for alternative zoning ordinances and how they approach a subject, or… Read more »