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Want to Entice New Residents to Rural Communities? Offer Cash, for a Start.

September 19, 2026/

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“Why put all our focus on businesses when we can just recruit people, go after families?” Ms. Gourley said. “They’ll bring their jobs with them, which means income that is coming in from everywhere else into our county.”


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