Rural Communities

ChooseMilwaukee.com, a $200,000 site that’s meant to beam flashy graphics and reams of southeastern Wisconsin data to a global audience of potential investors and expansion-minded industries.

"It was all about lifestyle."

Recent estimates range from 3 million to 18 million Americans — partly because definitions range from telecommuting one day a month to three days a week.

The state of South Dakota — closed to the public since 1931 — will be reopened to help the United States cope with its steadily rising population.

The pilot program will provide up to 85 percent of the costs related to developing broadband networks for telehealth and telemedicine programs.

In contrast to the picture of
emptying towns and embattled farmers so often conveyed in the media, we see the Heartland as a
potential hotbed of capitalist creation and innovation. It is a reality already taking shape in the
“technology corridors” in the Dakotas, the “hidden tech” belt of western Massachusetts, and the
revived communities along the eastern Cascades, and with the growth of ethanol and biomass facilities
across the country.

America’s economy may well be on the verge of a great resurgence largely unacknowledged by
pundits, academics, and the media. The Heartland will play a critical role in that resurgence—if
we develop the right policies.

“Companies don’t bring in their own work force. They look for where people who are likely to comprise their work force are, and that’s where they locate,” Bussell said.

“We’ve got to get the word out about all of the things that are creating the urban live/work/play lifestyle that these types of workers are looking for.”

"The challenge now is for those of us who live here is to convince other people of that they we are trying to recruit and retain."

How are businesses going to compete for the remaining talent?

America’s economy may well be on the verge of a great resurgence largely unacknowledged by
pundits, academics, and the media. The Heartland will play a critical role in that resurgence—if
we develop the right policies.