Rural Communities

Rethink your stereotypes of rural seniors.

A new program at USDA is designed to reward communities that learn to work together on regional development.

Yes, Silicon Valley has traditionally come to places like this and convinced innovators and companies to come to San Francisco area to build their technologies. Heck, just this week Apple grabbed a computer science professor out of Blacksburg to work on its AR/VR efforts.

We believe that people are more likely to do good work together when they have meaningful experiences in one another’s communities and are invested in their relationship to one another.

The proposed changes are worst for low-population-density counties located far from metropolitan areas.

This report highlights the most recent indicators of social and economic conditions in rural areas, focusing on the U.S. rural economy, including employment, population, poverty trends, and educational attainment trends.

"You hope if you build it, they’ll come, Black said. "We felt good about it, but you really just don’t know until you get it off the ground."

I wondered, what makes for a successful transition to the small-town life that I love so much. The following 10 rules I personally pulled out of a very authoritative hat.

The "New Ruralism" project highlights the creative and passionate work going on in rural communities.

"Our broadband is not where it needs to be," Tester said. "We have a lot of folks being left out of the 21st century economy in rural America and broadband access gives them the ability to reach additional customers in urban areas."