Rural Resurrection

Implementation Month: Don’t Reinvent the Wheel

This January Rural Resurrection is celebrating the fifth annual National Implementation Month! So let the festivities begin! But where do you start? One aspect to remember in implementation is “don’t… Read more »

National Implementation Month 2025

Happy National Implementation Month!! This year’s National Implementation Month is the 5th annual celebration of getting things done! Half a decade and still no Presidential Declaration? Odd, I know. Maybe… Read more »

Happy New Years from Rural Resurrection!

Looking Back on 2024

This year was busy for Rural Resurrection. It was full of firsts, traditional favorites, and quite a bit of exploring. Although the year flew by, this blog covered a wide… Read more »

Merry Christmas!!

Example Architectural Design Guidelines to Explore

In our fourth and final post about design guidelines, we’re going to go through a few examples of design guidelines. Hopefully, these guidelines spark your interest and give you ideas… Read more »

Grant Spotlight: USDA Rural Business Development Grant

Occasionally on Rural Resurrection, we spotlight a few grants that are available to rural communities throughout the Midwest. Usually, we are talking about a specific project and mention how a… Read more »

Implementing Design Guidelines

In our third and final post of four about design guidelines, we’re going to discuss implementing design guidelines. Even if you’ve created a great set of design guidelines, they are… Read more »

Creating Design Guidelines

In our second post of four about design guidelines, we’re going to discuss creating design guidelines. Once you’ve made the decision design guidelines would be right for your community, it… Read more »

What are Design Guidelines?

One subject that has been brought up to me from time to time by readers is the subject of design guidelines. Also referred to as architectural guidelines or design standards,… Read more »