Thursday, February 9, 2012
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By Jason Gray

Arts and Culture | Growth and Development | Main Street Economics | People to Know
Alabama's Old, New, Slow Industry
05/20/2009

fashionA designer comes back to her native rural region and marshals the skills of textile workers into an industry that's à la mode.

Broadband and Tech | Growth and Development
Does it Take More than Broadband? Well, Duh...
04/26/2009

Lebanon, Virginia, on July 4th The Washington Post discovers that there may be something more to economic development in rural America than just broadband.

Growth and Development | Main Street Economics
A Town and Two Companies
04/15/2009

Viking Cooking School in Greenwood, Mississippi The federal government has poured money into Leflore County, Mississippi, most of it to support cotton. But if you look in Greenwood, you'll find a different future for this Delta community.

Politics and Government
Speak Your Piece: Rural and Urban Have a Shared Fate
02/27/2009

There is now a White House office of urban affairs because President Obama says cities are the engines of the economy. Is the President implying that economic growth and innovation happen only in cities?

Growth and Development | Politics and Government
Rural Development? Maybe in the Next Farm Bill
04/14/2008
After the big boys got through slicing up the pie, there was nothing left to increase spending in the farm bill on developing the economies of rural communities.
Daily Yonder | Keep It Rural
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