Rural Resurrection

2025 Summer Road Trip – Part 1

Sometimes you just need to hit the road, to get away and get back to your roots. For me, the towns of rural America are my roots. As successful as… Read more »

What is a Small Business Incubator? Is it Right for Your Town?

In this, the first year of Rural Resurrection’s celebration of National Entrepreneurship Month, I want to continue the discussion about entrepreneurship. What better way to continue that initial conversation than… Read more »

National Entrepreneurship Month 2025

November is National Entrepreneurship Month. What started as a day in 2010 has morphed into a month-long celebration. National Entrepreneurship Month is the best time to honor the innovative spirit… Read more »

Happy Halloween!

Ghost Towns: Times Beach, Missouri

Ghost Towns is a relatively popular category for the Rural Resurrection website. Our last posting in this category was on Gilman, Colorado. There’s an old saying, “Those who cannot remember… Read more »

Planning the Future: Links to Stories

In observance of National Planning Month Rural Resurrection publishes posts on planning-related topics. Each year National Planning Month is recognized to promote community planning. In recognition of National Planning Month,… Read more »

Planning Projects Outside the Box

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. When the… Read more »

Happy Bjarni Herjolfsson Day

Celebrating the rightful discoverer of the Americas, Bjarni Herjolfsson.

Save the UNL CRP Program

Recently, the Chancellor for the University of Nebraska–Lincoln rolled out a Budget Reduction Plan aimed at adjusting to a $27.5M budget shortfall due to declining revenues from tuition and state appropriations…. Read more »

National Community Planning Month 2025

The month of October is National Community Planning Month. Oddly enough, there are no parades during this month that depict bike lanes or mixed-use developments. There are no Walkability 5Ks,… Read more »