Rural communities everywhere continue to confront different economic challenges. Some communities demonstrate a resilience during downturns and recover quickly, while others lag behind. A major study in Colorado explores why this is. Meridith Marshall, Brian Lewandowski and Laura Blomquist led the way in creating the study titled RURAL ECONOMIC RESILIENCY IN COLORADO. It was … [Read more...]
Obamacare repeal may hurt rural economies most
Rural Americans played a big part in sending Donald Trump to the White House, with 64 percent of those voters pulling the lever for the billionaire real estate developer. Yet the president’s and Republican leaders’ efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) would be “very harmful to rural America,” according to a rural healthcare expert. Dr. … [Read more...]
Episode 12: The ACA and Rural Business
Rural Americans played a big part in sending Donald Trump to the White House, with 64 percent of rural voters pulling the lever for the billionaire real estate developer. A cornerstone of his campaign was repealing and replacing Obamacare and recently the House passed a bill that will certainly change the landscape of healthcare once again. This is a modified version of the … [Read more...]
Rural Business Roundup – April 7, 2017
Q&A with rural newspaper publisher A veteran journalist sat down with Oregon Business to discuss the community news industry. He hopes to "find out how small rural newspapers can scale up" to create a stronger financial template for community journalism. He sites the "intense hunger for good local information" - a need that community papers are primed to fill. Bringing … [Read more...]
Rural business leaders getting ahead of change
In a small Kentucky county with a population of just under 5,000 people, a community is coming together to build something beautiful. Hickman County, Kentucky was deeded a piece of land for “one whole dollar,” according to county judge/executive Kenny Wilson. The three-acre property features an acre-and-half lake, and when the property was handed over to the county, Wilson … [Read more...]