Rural Resurrection

Addressing Need with Housing Needs Assessments

Last year I briefly discussed five plans every community should have. One of those was Housing Studies or Housing Needs Assessments. Housing is a hot topic right now as the… Read more »

Support Small Business Saturday

Small Business Saturday was created during the midst of the recession in 2010. Conceived by American Express, the event encourages holiday shoppers to shop local the day after Black Friday…. Read more »

2019 Flood Recovery: North Bend, NE (Part 2)

Last week we looked into the history of North Bend and how the small community along the Platt River was impacted by the Floods of 2019. Now we’ll look deeper… Read more »

2019 Flood Recovery: North Bend, NE (Part 1)

“2019 Flood Recovery” is a new series on Rural Resurrection where we take a look at those rural communities hardest hit by the 2019 floods. Along with a review of… Read more »

Top 5 Midwest Towns for Halloween

A couple years ago I profiled the Top 8 Small Midwest Towns for Christmas. It of course makes sense to do something similar for Halloween. There are a number of… Read more »

Nebraska Planning Conference 2021 – The Recap

In consideration of the chaotic mess that the world has been over the past couple years, it feels good when something actually goes well. By all accounts this year’s Nebraska… Read more »

Should your Community have an On-Call Planner?

Many small communities have an on-call engineer. Someone that works on engineering tasks when a project requires the use of a professional engineer to do the work. These communities can… Read more »

National Community Planning Month 2021

Every October is National Community Planning Month. No, it doesn’t mean that you have to take your planner to lunch….but I’ll keep campaigning for that custom each year! It also… Read more »

USDA Launches Resource Guide for Disaster Resiliency

Two weeks ago the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) unveiled a disaster resiliency resource guide. The guide is being rolled out as part of National Preparedness Month to help… Read more »