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  • Government can send immigrants to rural areas. But can it make them stay?

    September 11, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

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    Response Location: Canada

    Canada and Australia have both used targeted immigration policies to grow their rural populations. But Canada’s more holistic approach seems to match the long-term needs of migrant and local populations better than Australia’s.

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  • An innovative fix for rural higher education deserts

    August 26, 2018 |

    Washington Monthly |

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    Response Location: United States, Kane, Pennsylvania

    One in five Americans lives in a "higher education desert," at least twenty-five miles from the nearest college. To fill the gap, rural counties have created higher education centers or pop-up satellite campuses - one college representative explained, “We’re not going to build a gym or a swimming pool. But if you want to get a good education and continue to work your job, we can provide you with that opportunity. We represent the kind of radical innovation that higher education needs right now."

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  • Wanted: Rural Doctors

    August 22, 2018 |

    U.S. News & World Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Alabama

    To combat the shortage of rural doctors, Alabama universities are offering rural medicine programs or helping fund the studies of students who commit to rural practice after graduation. Admissions staff also keep in mind that applicants from rural areas are four times as likely to return to rural areas to practice.

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  • Reviving Italy's ‘Ghost Towns'

    August 14, 2018 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Italy, Santo Stefano di Sessanio

    To bring more people to almost-deserted Italian towns, town leaders are attempting to grow the “albergo diffuso” model, which roughly translates to “scattered homes.” Many Italian towns have land as well as the desire to bring in people, so locals have banded together to create hotels comprised of several deserted homes put together. It’s working. Locals are coming back and bringing traditional crafts and cooking with them. Tourists are coming in numbers high enough to sustain a new tourist economy.

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  • Preschool playgroups offer rural families a head start on school

    August 08, 2018 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Rocky Mount, North Carolina

    In rural North Carolina, an organization holds bi-monthly playgroups to teach parents about the importance of "basic interactions between parents and their kids." Based on the principle of "child-directed play," the research-backed programming allows parents to connect and share and helps students prepare for the unfamiliar social setting of kindergarten.

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  • An indigenous village navigates its ecotourism success

    August 06, 2018 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Indonesia, Wae Rebo

    The village of Wae Rebo on a remote island in Indonesia was facing the growing issue of generating viable revenue from only their agriculture production. Seizing the opportunity to revitalize the town through a partnership with Indonesian ecotourism NGO Indecon, at least 50 tourists per day now visit the village, bringing in a new source of income for locals.

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  • Manufacturers Increase Efforts to Woo Workers to Rural Areas

    August 03, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

    Despite the supposed fear of automation taking away jobs, there is in fact a shortage of employees in the manufacturing industry. In rural areas where many manufacturing plants are located, companies are trying a variety of ways to incentivize talent to move, including student loan forgiveness, day care, and cash bonuses for recruiting others. There is also a huge focus on improved training and career growth potential.

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  • Minnesota's rural towns are fighting brain drain by rebranding

    August 03, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

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    Response Location: United States, Madison, Minnesota

    Minnesota officials are capitalizing on a population trend: despite negative population growth in rural areas among people in their twenties, people in their thirties and forties continue to move to rural places. Get Rural is a campaign to share information and opportunities to encourage families to make Minnesota their home, not just a tourist destination. By using marketing tactics and bringing different local groups to work together, the campaign hopes to see population changes in the future.

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  • Trinidad seizes artist pursuits as economic development strategy

    August 02, 2018 |

    Glenwood Springs Post Independent |

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    Response Location: United States, Trinidad, Colorado

    One small town in Colorado has spurred economic development by implementing a strategy that focused on the revitalization of creative industries. As a result, Trinidad, CO, has seen a twofold increase in lodging tax income and restaurant sales tax as well as a drastic increase in profits from commercial building permits. Local artists recognized the potential Trindad could have as a creative district and brought the plan to city officials who were eventually able to take advantage of state programs and collaborate with a nonprofit to generate creative business, revitalizing the local economy as a result.

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  • Creative live-work spaces are seen as one solution to area's housing needs

    July 30, 2018 |

    Glenwood Springs Post Independent |

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    Response Location: United States, Loveland, Colorado

    Together, the nonprofit real estate developer Artspace and Colorado Creative Industries (CCI), a government program supporting creative industries statewide, are helping support artists through affordable housing and economic development. Artpsace helped build a live-work building for artists in Loveland. CCI is leveraging government resources to provide support as well. Though this addresses just a small segment of those needing affordable housing in the state, it sets a model that can spur more affordable development from other groups.

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