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Natural Asset-Based Community Development In The Nebraska Community Foundation Network, Kristen Ohnoutka
Natural Asset-Based Community Development In The Nebraska Community Foundation Network, Kristen Ohnoutka
Community and Regional Planning Program: Theses and Student Projects
As rural communities explore new ways to stimulate growth and development in their place, one of the biggest challenges they face is reinventing what rural community development is and has been. The conventional way of thinking goes communities must attract new businesses to attract new workers to grow a community’s population. However, population growth and industry attraction are not always equivalent to progress, especially not in rural communities. For decades, rural communities have withstood the boom and bust of industry and economy, whether it be agricultural, industrial, manufacturing, etc. These industries and more have demanded the extraction of rural communities’ …