Tag Archives: Brain Gain

Redefining the Rural Narrative

We’re living in exciting times in Rural America, have you heard? We’ve just completed the third out of the last four decades of overall population gain in Rural America, growing from 53.5 million in 1970 to 59.5 million in 2010. … Continue reading

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Brain Gain in Greater Minnesota: A Continuing Rural Success Story

Migration from rural to urban is the story of America’s progress.  In our just over 200-year history, we’ve moved from a nation of Jeffersonian farmers to a majority of urbanites.  Bigger is better, of course. But not always is bigger … Continue reading

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What Women Want (When Thinking About Moving To A Small Town)

Proving the adage that great minds think alike, in a post at Blandin on Broadband blog today Ann Treacy follows-up on Ben Winchester’s work on the Rural Brain Gain, which I mentioned earlier this week. The BoB blog is, of course, focused … Continue reading

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Building Community: Sweat the Small Stuff

3 key themes–involvement, leadership, problem solving. Continue reading

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