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As a small town revitalization expert, Deb Brown is filling vacant storefronts in small towns across America. Her recipe for success is simple: Involve locals, break the rules, talk about ideas, and no matter what, do not form another committee. “Kill the committees! What do you need a committee for? Kill them all. Just go do the work,” Brown … [More...]
As a small town revitalization expert, Deb Brown is filling vacant storefronts in small towns across America. Her recipe for success is simple: Involve locals, break the rules, talk about ideas, and no matter what, do not form another … [More...]
It was the mid-90s and Michelle Rathman felt like she’d made it. She had successfully launched her own business, Impact! Communications, growing it … [Read More...]
TROTFITNESS, a boutique fitness studio in rural Pennsylvania, has made it against all odds. In a pandemic expected to permanently shutter hundreds … [Read More...]
Zero dollars. When they read the number on the check, their hearts sank. After a month of physically exhausting work, the owners of … [Read More...]
Deb Brown offers programs on various small-town challenges and has traveled extensively through rural America helping communities on their path to vitality. Her keynotes, webinars and workshops help small towns figure out what to do with empty … [Listen...]
Michelle Rathman is the founder of Impact! Communications based in Geneva, Illinois. She started her business in 1989 as a Chicago-area public … [Read More...]
Nisan Trotter is an entrepreneur, public speaker, author and owner of TROTFITNESS in Lewisburg, Penn. (population: 5,730). Trotter was raised in … [Read More...]
Duivenvoorden Farms is a third-generation family-owned dairy farm in northern California. Originally started by partners Jerry and Rita Duivenvoorden, … [Read More...]
