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How the Rise of Travel Apps Helps Local Economies
Now, although people still do use guidance from people they know, they frequently do the rest on their own with help from apps.
Virginia electric utilities wiring rural areas for broadband
Virginia lawmakers have taken steps to address geographic disparities in broadband coverage by passing a bill that will give the state’s two largest electric utilities, Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power, the green light to provide broadband internet service to unserved areas.
Is the FCC understating the scope of the rural broadband gap in Montana?
“Please download the app and use it not just at your home and office, but also as you travel throughout the county to your favorite fishing hole, camping spot or where ever you are headed,”
Anaconda, Montana: Can a Recreation Economy Revive the Company Town?
Prairie Populist has started to visit a few of our small towns to find out if our rural communities experience the positive effects of the recreation economy.
Kansas and Vermont pay college grads to move to small towns. Montana could follow suit.
Rep. Joel Krautter, R-Sidney, has introduced House Bill 405, which would offer recent college graduates between $5,000 and $15,000 apiece if they commit to living and working in a qualifying county for five years. The bill would also offer grantees a property tax credit of up to $2,000 a year for five years.
CBS Sunday Morning – Critical condition: The crisis of rural medical care
A whole cross-section of America is now facing the very real risk of having no local hospital to turn to. The causes are varied; the population in some of those towns has dwindled to a…
Montana Career Opportunity – Manager for Rural Economic Development – University of Montana
The University of Montana invites applications for an Outreach and Engagement Manager to administer the University of Montana Center for Rural Economic Development (UMCRED), housed under Accelerate Montana, on campus, which includes the stimulating, creating, and…
Brad Feld – How to Build a Successful Startup Ecosystem in your City
Some of the thoughts from my upcoming book The Startup Community Way are in the hour, along with a bunch of things Techstars is doing around this initiative.
Organizers hope teachers’ survey will help fill jobs in rural classrooms
What’s great — and not so great — about teaching in a rural school district? Rural education leaders are using teacher input to help them recruit a new generation of educators.