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Programs aimed at luring young people home

November 8, 2013/

The rural Illinois town of Effingham, which might legitimately claim the title of mecca of rural economic development, and the farming-rich region of Skagit County in Washington State are nurturing programs that may help small towns send their best and brightest off for a time with the message that Thomas Wolfe was wrong. You can go home again.

by Mike Flynn

Full Story: http://www.emikeflynn.com/blog/232/programs-aimed-at-luring-young-people-home/

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