5 top topics: small trends and opportunities hidden in challenges many rural communities face. Rather than obvious trends you've heard over and over, these are small town topics that get overlooked. If you're feeling a little uninspired, stale or burned out by the same old things, take a look at these top topics for rural places and small towns.

Make your town more open to new ideas24 minute video to watch on your schedule

Take small steps to pull your town together. You build a stronger community through experiences that bring people together from across different groups to each play a meaningful role. 29 minute video to watch on your schedule

Put the Idea Friendly Method to work: identify Old Way behaviors and shift to more Idea Friendly methods. Start building community around your ideas.

Serving as an official or on a board in a small town can be frustrating with all the rules and restrictions, not to mention the limited resources. The Idea Friendly Method gives you practical steps you can put into action right away to approach these problems in a new way, one that makes it possible for your town to prosper.