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Kansas Main Street Affiliate Community Program

Recently Kansas Governor Laura Kelly announced the creation of the Kansas Main Street Affiliate Community Program. The Kansas Main Street program was originally launched in 1985. Although it was ended… Read more »

Sleeping in a Gas Station? Sure!

You see it quite often. A run-down former gas station sitting empty along one of the main roads through town. Often, it’s pumps have been removed long ago, but the… Read more »

Celebrate GIS Day 2020! – Ok, what is it?

On November 18, 2020 the world will celebrate GIS Day. Ok, maybe not the whole world. I’m sure there’s a majority of people in the world that don’t even know… Read more »

HGTV Home Town Announced

Back in January I posted about the new series on HGTV entitled, Home Town Takeover. It’s a spin off of Erin and Bill Napier’s hit series Home Town to renovate a… Read more »

Reviewing Zoning & Plat Applications

Reviewing plat and zoning-related applications are often the toughest part of the development process. Often this is where projects get snagged in a confusing and slow process that brings out… Read more »

5 Specific Area Plans to Consider

In observance of National Planning Month Rural Resurrection is publishing a series of posts on planning-related topics. Each year National Planning Month is recognized to promote community planning. This year’s… Read more »

Why Plan?

In observance of National Planning Month, we ask the question “Why Plan?” Plans are integral pieces to well-run communities. They help us organize our time and provide direction in our… Read more »

2020 Upper Midwest APA Planning Conference

In an excellent effort of regionalism, the Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin chapters of the American Planning Association (APA) hold the Upper Midwest APA Conference on an annual basis. Typically, this… Read more »

Funding for Rural Housing Assessments in Iowa

National Planning Month 2020

The month of October is National Community Planning Month. No, there’s not 31 days of planning gifts ranging from wayfinding signs to books written by Jane Jacobs. Unfortunately, there’s also… Read more »