Tag: Rural

ELGL19 Keynote: The Rural Shrink Smart Project

Keynote: The Rural Shrink Smart Project A team at Iowa State University is examining the relationship between population loss and quality of life in small and shrinking rural communities. Global economic and social trends predict that the number of people living in small towns and rural areas will continue to shrink. Policy makers have to … Continued

How the Other Quarter Lives

Phil Smith-Hanes, County Administrative Officer for Humboldt County, CA, is back with another great column on local government. This time he admits his deep love of maps and starts a dialogue on the issues rural municipalities face.

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