Rural Resurrection

Sidewalk Prioritization

In the first post of this mini-series, we explored Sidewalk Surveys. However, many times a community will have the survey done, but nothing moves forward to correct the issues as… Read more »

Sidewalks – an essential aspect of pedestrian safety in a community. There are countless reports available about the importance of walking as well as the importance of adequate sidewalks for… Read more »

Helping Hand – USDA Rural Development

Occasionally Rural Resurrection will highlight sources of technical or financial assistance in our “Helping Hand” posts. Although many of these sources may be well known, it’s a good idea to… Read more »

Solar Barn Raising

Wikipedia describes a barn raising as, “a collective action of a community, in which a barn for one of the members is built or rebuilt collectively by members of the community. Barn… Read more »

Cody – “A Town Too Tough To Die”

The little village of Cody, Nebraska was, at last check, 154 residents strong. And I stress strong as their town motto is “A Town Too Tough To Die”. However, the… Read more »

The Varying Definition of Small Town

Often, when attending APA’s National Planning Conference I attend sessions are specifically dealing with issues in “small towns”. It is even part of the title to their session. Yet, once… Read more »

APA National 18 – The Big Easy Aftermath

This year’s American Planning Association (APA) National Planning Conference (NPC) is a wrap. The no longer is there a deluge of planning geeks walking around New Orleans. Some living it… Read more »

APA National 2018 – New Orleans

Each year community planning geeks from across the country flock to the National Planning Conference held by the American Planning Association (APA). This year’s conference is in the Big Easy…. Read more »

Conditional Approval

Conditional Use Permits (CUPs) are an effective zoning tool that is unfortunately often misunderstood or misused. If used correctly, they can control certain uses from going awry and becoming a… Read more »

Introduction to Rural Resurrection

Rural Resurrection is a blog about the never-ending hunt for ways to help rural communities to not just survive, but thrive. Specifically, we are talking about the small towns in… Read more »