Rural Resurrection

RAGBRAI 2019 is Just Around the Corner

It’s mid-July and that means that RAGBRAI 2019 is just around the corner. This year the annual biking event will be traversing the southern half of Iowa on the way… Read more »

Verdigre Striving to Rebuild

One of the communities hardest hit by the March floods was Verdigre, Nebraska. This small community in northeast Nebraska was inundated by the Niobrara River when the Spencer Dam broke,… Read more »

Is Your Town “Ready” for Redevelopment?

While attending the National Planning Conference in San Francisco this year I attended a session titled, “Redefining Planning and Economic Development”. The main topic of the session was Michigan’s Redevelopment… Read more »

Funding Available for Farmers Impacted by Flooding

In this ongoing series regarding disaster recovery in light of the recent floods in the Midwest Rural Resurrection has highlighted a number of different aspects of disaster recovery. One of… Read more »

Flooding in Missouri Taking its Toll

Most of the recent posts about the Midwest floods on Rural Resurrection have been about Nebraska or Iowa. However, a number of communities throughout the Midwest have been devastated by… Read more »

Iowa Community Catalyst Awards 2019

As noted previously, Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) has been relatively quiet in regards to assistance to those impacted by the March floods this year. However, they have continued to… Read more »

Hey, Don’t forget the Hay in Disaster Recovery

In this ongoing series regarding disaster recovery in light of the recent floods in Nebraska and Iowa Rural Resurrection is trying to cover as many of the different aspects of… Read more »

New Nebraska Disaster Recovery Housing Funding

Once again Nebraska Department of Economic Development (DED) has opened up the coffers to help those in need after the recent flooding disaster. Earlier, we had a post on here… Read more »