Rural Resurrection

2024 Summer Road Trip – Part 2

Sometimes you just need to hit the road, to get away from the grind. After a stressful week, I had to get some windshield time and my supportive family let… Read more »

2024 Summer Road Trip – Part 1

Sometimes you just need to hit the road, to get away from the grind. After a stressful week, I had to get some windshield time and my supportive family let… Read more »

300 Posts!

Rural Resurrection has now surpassed 300 posts! Since this blog started in 2018, 300 articles have been written to aid rural communities in the Midwest. It has been quite the… Read more »

RAGBRAI ’24 is Coming!

Hear them coming? The bikers are on their way! But it’s not the rumble of Harleys, it’s the whiz of a road bike as it passes by flying downhill. There… Read more »

Whitewater in Norfolk, Nebraska?

In our last post, we talked about a different type of trail. Water trails are growing in popularity, but so are whitewater parks. This is not some part of a… Read more »

Those who frequent Rural Resurrection know of my RAGBRAI pilgrimage across Iowa each year. They also know of my support for trails in tourism and economic development for rural communities…. Read more »

Rails-to-Trails Conservancy’s Trail Grants Program

For small towns in the rural areas of this country, ideas and the desire are often in plentiful supply, but money often is not. Rural Resurrection is always on the… Read more »

What are NIMBY and YIMBY?

There are a couple of terms that are becoming more popular in the vernacular of people who interact with governments. These two terms are actually acronyms, rather than viable words… 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 »