Rural Resurrection

The Pop-Up Placemaking Tool Kit

There’s a placemaking tool kit available to those who are working on such initiatives in their communities. Interestingly enough, the source for this tool kit is not an organization that… Read more »

The Safe Streets and Roads for All Grant Program

The recent Bipartisan Infrastructure Law created a new grant program called Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A). Through this bill, $5 billion in funds have been allocated from 2022-2026… Read more »

Curbside Appeal of Your Town’s Front Door

While attending the Nebraska Planning Conference this spring I had the chance to listen to a keynote speech from Ed McMahon of Urban Land Institute (@UrbanLandInst). It was a great… Read more »

Book Review: “Rural Areas in Transition”

Book Reviews are a new category of post on Rural Resurrection. As the name suggests, Book Reviews takes a look at books that have a rural subject, or provides commentary… Read more »

Memorial Day: North Bend Memorial Park

Each year we take a day to remember those who died in active military service. Memorial Day is observed on the last Monday in May as flags line our streets… Read more »

Main Street’s Housing Guidebook for Local Leaders

Those of you who follow Rural Resurrection’s Twitter account (@ruralresurrect), know that I tend to follow Main Street America’s Twitter feed (@NatlMainStreet) quite closely. In fact, if you looked at… Read more »

AARP Helping with Missing Middle Housing

One of the many takeaways from the APA National Conference in Philadelphia this year was AARP’s investment in planning. I’ve already mentioned their desire to fund good placemaking efforts. But… Read more »

Know Your Midwest Housing Styles

Every rural community has a wide range of housing styles. Many times the styles of your housing stock are based purely on what style was prevalent during the time period… Read more »

Affordable Housing Month 2023

The month of May is Affordable Housing Month. Rural Resurrection continues to look at ways to help communities to provide safe, decent, affordable housing. Whereas rural America used to have… Read more »

National Planning Conference 2023 - Philadelphia

APA NPC ’23 – The Aftermath

Well, it’s over, the planning nerds have left Philly. NPC 23 is finally over. The residents can feel safe from the horde of planners taking pictures of streetscapes, signs, and… Read more »