Rural Resurrection

Nebraska Towns Submit for HGTV Home Town

A few weeks ago I reported about HGTV’s spin off of their TV show Home Town. Erin and Bill Napier’s hit series Home Town will be expanded to renovate a… Read more »

APA Seeking Disaster Recovery Guinea Pig

The past year has been a tough one for a number of communities throughout the Midwest. Floods have ravaged communities, creating a large swath of destruction that many are still… Read more »

Implementation Month: The Committee

It’s National Implementation Month! Last week we discussed the Implementation Matrix. But the matrix is worthless without someone to actually work on the implementation actions. In small towns across the… Read more »

HGTV Renovate My Town!

Have you ever sat there watching an HGTV home renovation show and thought, “I can handle my house just fine, this WHOLE TOWN needs renovation!” Ok…most of you probably don’t… Read more »

Implementation Month: The Matrix

As you now know, Rural Resurrection has declared January as National Implementation Month. So let the festivities begin! But where do you start? Take that comprehensive plan down of the… Read more »

January is National Implementation Month

Back in October for National Planning Month I wrote an article entitled, “Implementation, the Lost Step in Comprehensive Planning“. This article delved into the fact that implementation is the most… Read more »

Top 8 Small Midwest Towns for Christmas

With the holiday season starting up a number of communities are kicking off their annual Christmas celebrations. There are a number of communities that do a great job to celebrate… Read more »

Michigan’s Innovative startupMICHIGAN.tech

Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable. – William Pollard… Read more »

What is Wintermission??

There’s a movement afoot. You can say it’s a Wintermission. What in the name of Kris Kringle is a Wintermission? Wintermission is a project “to combat social isolation and increase… Read more »

The Need for a Capital Improvement Plan

As discussed in the previous blog post, “Is Your Town “Ready” for Redevelopment?” the representatives of Michigan Economic Development Corporation had noted a significant number of smaller communities in rural… Read more »