Rural Resurrection

Implementation Month: Low-Hanging Fruit

This January Rural Resurrection is celebrating the fourth annual National Implementation Month! So let the festivities begin! But where do you start? One way of getting started is to find… Read more »

Implementation Month: SMART Goals

This January Rural Resurrection is celebrating the third annual National Implementation Month! So let the festivities begin! When implementing community plans it is important to know exactly what you want… Read more »

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: 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 »