Full Description
This volume explores new opportunities to reshape local economies in rural areas during the next decade by exploring successful efforts already underway.
While reported population declines can paint a bleak picture for rural areas, a different story can be told in looking at the numbers of households, employment, and housing markets. In fact, many rural areas have had steady employment and healthy housing markets. Rural attractions often include proximity to natural recreation areas, personal safety, social interaction, less expensive housing, and high-quality education. This book shows that rural areas are in a major long-term transition and that local leaders who take advantage of these opportunities in their community and economic development strategies can create a very positive future for residents.
Students and policymakers in local economic development, sociology of population change, business finance, political economy, and geography will find this a useful resource.
Contents
1. Rural Areas: Concerns and Potential
Norman Walzer & Christopher Merrett
2. Regional Economic Trends Across the Rural-Urban Divide
Steven Deller & Tessa Conroy
3. Rural America Can Have a Prosperous Future
Donald W. Macke
4. Rural Federal Policy in Transition
Tony Pipa & Natalie Geismar
5. Economic Contributions of Hospitals to Rural Areas: Are They Necessary?
Ernest Goss & Taylr Bahr
6. The Role of Rural Nonprofits: Innovation, Opportunities, & Threats
Jayme Walters
7. Social Enterprises as a Revitalization Strategy for Rural Communities
Peter Musinguzi, Nicolette Larder, & Derek Baker
8. Building a Rural Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Kimber Lanning
9. Rewriting the Rural Narrative
Ryan Allen & Ben Winchester
10. Towards Citizens' Enablement: Examples of Academics Empowering Resident to Cost
Effectively Solve Community Issues
James Powell
11. Transitioning Businesses to the Next Generation in New Ways
Jennifer Hawkins, Norman Walzer, & John Bennett
12. Acquiring, Building, and Investing in Private Businesses: A New Approach
Dawn McGee, Michael Braun, & Kiah Hochstetler
13. Opportunities in Rural Areas: What have We Learned?
Norman Walzer & Chris Merrett
