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Successful Wisconsin cheese business energizing rural community

February 6, 2020 By Ben Rowley

A New Beginning After being dismissed following 12 years at Kraft Foods, Paul Scharfman was at a crossroads.  The Wisconsin resident considered next career steps that would fit his food industry sales experience. Having owned his own small business in his teens and early 20s, Scharfman decided to reenter the entrepreneurial world. In 1991, he piled up all he had and … [Read more...]

Rural millennial returns home to blaze career path and connect with others doing the same

October 24, 2019 By Ben Rowley

She was a go-getter growing up in her small town. A straight-A student, Madeline Moore was involved in her community and school programs. She enjoyed her rural lifestyle and the strength naturally provided by that environment on the Long Beach Peninsula in Washington. But the support that helped her thrive did not include much encouragement to stick around. It’s a … [Read more...]

A rural startup is born

September 19, 2019 By Ben Rowley

Before Sam Lillie founded a rural startup, he took a hike.  It was a five-month, 2,653-mile hike to be exact, down the Pacific Crest trail that starts from the Canadian border in northern Washington to the Mexican border in Southern California. Fresh out of college with a business degree in hand, Lillie realized if he was going to do the hike, now was the … [Read more...]

Simulated workplaces giving hope to rural economies

March 15, 2019 By Ben Rowley

When the students of Lincoln County High, in Hamlin, West Virginia, roll out of bed for school, nearly half are also getting ready to head to work. The school, serving 850 from the towns of Pleasant View, Griffithsville, Hamlin and Harts, has Simulated Workplace at the core of its Career and Technical Education (CTE) curriculum. Students arrive each day to tackle real tasks … [Read more...]

Rural communities take aim at tourism

July 27, 2018 By Ben Rowley

Jackson House Hotel and Eureka Opera House in Eureka, Nevada

With tourism growing, many rural areas are working to capitalize on humanity’s wanderlust. Travel and tourism generates $7.6 trillion globally and $1.6 trillion for the U.S. economy, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council. Many small towns want a piece of the industry to bolster their economies. Visions include long-vacant buildings being repurposed into … [Read more...]

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