These are the lessons to turn to when your downtown needs some help, whether it’s dead in the evenings or just dead! We have ways to bring more life and activity downtown, into the heart of your community.

Each year, another class of seniors graduates high school and most of them move away. Young families move into town, but they’re busy and don’t seem to get involved. How can small towns attract and retain young people? We have some practical ideas you can put into action right away.

It’s never been easier to put marketing messages out into the world, but it’s never been more challenging to make marketing work for small town businesses. We’ll help to get the word out effectively so your businesses can prosper.

Too often, the challenge holding us back the most is our own people. Whether they are actively negative or just a little stuck in the past, these lessons help you shift some thinking. The trends lessons help push people’s thinking forward. Other lessons focus on getting things positive and keeping them there.

The way we do business in rural areas is not just a mom and pop model anymore. We’re redefining what a business is and what a job is. That means economic development has to change, too. These videos lay out the Innovative Rural Business Models and Rural Jobs Creation Strategies.

Volunteers are burning out. People just don’t step up for traditional volunteer jobs like they used to. With all the other change in society, volunteering has to change, too. These lessons share ways to unleash whole new ranks of people and maybe even change your thinking about the chaos that comes with them.

Your town isn't the only one struggling to come back after *gestures wildly* everything. This special collection gives you the best most current advice on restarting your local economy and being more resilient no matter what the world throws at us next. 

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