What people are looking for, expectation vs reality
Welcoming and place attachment
Melody is the author of two books: This Is Where You Belong: Finding Home Wherever You Are, that explains the concept of place attachment and helps people fall in love with their town, and If You Could Live Anywhere: The Surprising Importance of Place in a Work-from-Anywhere World, which helps location-independent people find the right place to achieve success and happiness.
How being rural is an asset
Connecting across groups in the community
Becky McCray is a co-founder of SaveYour.Town. You might know her from her work creating the Idea Friendly Method.
She is the co-author of the award-winning book Small Town Rules: How Big Brands and Small Businesses Can Prosper in a Connected Economy.
Telling your story
Keeping youth and bringing them back
Deb Brown is a co-founder of SaveYour.Town. You might know her from her work creating the Tour of Empty Buildings.
She is the author of the upcoming book From Possibilities to Reality: Save Your Small Town with these Uniquely Do-able Ideas, Projects, and Success Stories.
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