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Rural Business Roundup – November 16, 2015

November 16, 2015 By Ben Rowley

A group sees the importance of providing business education to rural students.
A group sees the importance of providing business education to rural students.

A Montana organization is seeing the importance of providing business knowledge to students, including those living in rural areas. Also in Montana, a business owner uses his technology prowess to make his rural insurance business more efficient. And a study finds nine rural hospitals in Mississippi that are at risk of closing. All this and more in this week’s roundup.

Students from rural school get real-world education on running a business

Students from St. Labre High School in Ashland, Montana (Population: 464) visited downtown Billings to learn what’s involved with running a business.

Billings Gazette

Rural business owner makes insurance company more efficient through technology innovation

Mike Rydell, owner of McMeel Insurance in Great Falls, Montana developed a customer relationship management system tailored for his business serving rural customers.

Great Falls Tribune

Study identifies nine rural Mississippi hospitals at risk of closing

A study conducted by the Center for Mississippi Health Policy indicates that “hospitals in Covington, Holmes, Tippah, Attala, Adams, Noxubee, Tallahatchie, Pearl River and Copiah counties carry the risk for closure.”

The Clarion-Ledger

Four rural agribusinesses in Maine to receive USDA funding

The U.S. Department of Agriculture continues to invest in rural businesses. Four Maine agribusinesses will receive a total of $247,702 for “value-added production activities.” This is part of a nearly #34 million USDA investment in 258 rural businesses throughout the country.

Sun Journal

Telecom company offering discounts to rural broadband providers

Maine Fiber Co. announced it will commit around $500,000 in discounts to Internet providers in rural Maine who receive grant funding from the state’s ConnectME Authority.

Bangor Daily News

Restaurant franchisee able to have success in small town

Owners of Golden Corral in Lake Placid, Florida have had over two decades of success running their restaurant in a town of a little over 2,000 people.

Highlands Today

Company bucking the trend, filling community bank need

Farmers National Bank sees a lot of opportunities in buying or building small town banks.

Crain’s Cleveland Business

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