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Economic Development · International Falls

Feds: Rural job growth flat

Dave Peters November 15, 2013, 4:50 PM Nov 15, 2013

As we were wrapping up work in International Falls this week for the Daily Circuit special “Rethinking a Company Town,” the federal Economic Research Service put out a sobering view of rural employment. This is how our friends at the Daily Yonder put it: “Folks looking for good news in the 2013 “Rural America at Read more →

Economic Development · Local Food

Slow food, slow travel could build rural tourism

Jennifer Vogel June 6, 2013, 4:03 PM Jun 6, 2013

MORRIS, Minn – Lucky for small towns, many of the things they do best, like growing local food and wine and making things by hand, are now in vogue. That was the message at a filled-to-the-brim seminar on tourism and rural economies during the final day of the two-day Rural Arts and Culture Summit at Read more →