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Maroney Commons: “Uncommon innovation” made common

December 28th, 2011

It’s old news now, but worth repeating. The Maroney Commons, a conference and training center in Howard, SD, recently received the 2011 Rural Smart Growth Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Smart Growth is a set of community design and transportation principles that govern the sustainable development of communities. In many ways, these principles are the vanguard against the urban sprawl that plagues our country. But the principles have impact in many other areas; hence the reason it makes sense to honor a rural project, where sprawl isn’t as much of an issue. The Maroney Commons, a project developed by the Rural Learning Center, received this recognition for numerous reasons: First, it was built on Howard’s Main Street, rather than on undeveloped land outside of the town’s center. Second, it was designed through a process that engaged local citizens; community members provided input through a series of meetings on what they thought the project should look like and be like. And third, the Commons was built to LEED Platinum standards, making use of building materials from old, dilapidated buildings and state-of-the-art renewable energy. To learn more about the project, I would encourage you to check out the facility's website and watch the EPA video embedded below.

I’d also encourage readers to watch the Keloland television news story about the award. Titled “Uncommon Innovation,” it highlights the potential of innovative thinking as an economic development strategy. As reporter Perry Groten states:

So many small towns struggle to keep jobs. But by going green, the Maroney Commons could become a high-tech hub that employs a strategy of recycling to revitalize the rural economy.”

The economies of urban and rural economies alike are being driven by innovation. As we’ve talked about previously, rural communities need to reimagine and reinvent themselves. They need to develop and tap into new competitive advantages -- or they won’t have a reason to exist. That doesn’t mean that every rural community needs a conference center like the Maroney Commons. But Rural America would be a stronger place today if more communities made “uncommon innovation” more common.

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December 15th, 2009

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Today, however, we have additional research suggesting that much of America's western Heartland has fared well in terms of job losses during the economic down turn.

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December 14th, 2009

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Big problems can't be solved by big solutions. That makes me think of Rosa Parks. One lady, who refused to give up her seat on a bus, helped launch the Civil Rights movement. Of course, her singular action - standing up to the injustice of segregation on Montgomery, AL buses -- didn't eliminate discrimination overnight, but her effort played a pivotal role in solving a problem many, at the time, deemed insurmountable.

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December 11th, 2009

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Characteristics of Gen Y

There's no shortage of social commentators who have created their own lists of Gen Y characteristics. I've written about them myself on several occasions. (See here and here as examples.) What I've attempted below is to connect these characteristics to why people of this generation might be moving to rural places.

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Looking at the trend in this way suggests to me that the movement is about more than just a reaction to the economy. The economy may have encouraged young people to rethink their future, but the opportunities in rural places that are attractive to Gen Y have always been there. Perhaps they just weren't looking.

Other Resources about Gen Y

"Gen Y Characteristics" at ReImagine Rural

"Gen Y: The Social Innovation Generation" at The Huffington Post

"How to engage Gen Y in rural communities" at ReImagine Rural

"Young Professional Groups - A People Attraction Strategy" at ReImagine Rural

"What Gen Y Really Wants" at Time Magazine

"Gen Y: They arrived at work with an attitude" at USA Today

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For that reason, many of the young people Bounds describes are purchasing land in rural places instead. They see it as a more stable investment than either the stock market or the overinflated urban housing market from which they emerged, Ultram from international pharmacy. Purchase Ultram online no prescription, And if things go really bad, at least they'll still be able to grow their own food, Ultram overseas. Buy Ultram online cod, It's tough to tell if the people highlighted in the article suggest a growing movement or a temporary reaction, soon to reverse course. Personally, Ultram in uk, Ultram trusted pharmacy reviews, I lean toward thinking it has a real opportunity to grow into a movement. But then, I've always been known as guy who believes "the glass is half full."

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So which of the following statements accurately describes the economy of rural Midwestern communities? "Survey shows rural Midwest still in a recession" or "Rural America more prosperous than expected."

I caught both of the above titled articles Tuesday while mining Twitter Buy Norvasc Without Prescription, for information on rural communities. Both were released on the same day (Dec. 1), Norvasc in australia, Norvasc discount, and suggest contradictory opinions about what's happening in the rural Midwest.

So what gives? Is our economy in the tank or are we doing better than most people assume. Could it be both, Norvasc overseas. Norvasc paypal,

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Let me begin by saying that both articles come from reliable sources:

The first was released by the Associated Press and Yahoo News and was based on a survey by Creighton University Professor Ernie Goss. It's a a summary of a monthly report that focuses on economic and employment growth in the nine-state Mid-America Region, fast shipping Norvasc. It's a tried and true method of economic analysis that helps people understand what to expect out of the economy in the near future.

The second originated at the of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (later picked up by LifeScience.com) and highlights researched conducted by Illinois professor, Dr, Buy Norvasc Without Prescription. Where can i buy cheapest Norvasc online, Andrew Isserman, and several colleagues, Norvasc prices. Free Norvasc samples, It differs from the research at Creighton in that it reaches further back in time for its data (the data comes from 2000), and is not about predicting the future activity.

It's important to note that the University of Illinois study differs in one other significant way - it attempts to measure community prosperity without relying on the income and growth indicators used in most study on the kind. So, Norvasc tablets, Where to buy Norvasc, it is possible that the rural Midwest may still struggle with a recession in the upcoming months while remaining more prosperous than most people think. But what does it mean to be more prosperous than most people think.

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Early on in our work in Miner County, Dr, buy Norvasc from mexico. Buy Norvasc Without Prescription, Daryl Hobbs made sure that we understood that the measures of community success often highlighted in the media don't tell the whole story. For instance, just measuring the number of jobs created doesn't tell the entire story about how a community is doing. And it definitely doesn't explain how people feel about the community.

Dr. Over the counter Norvasc, Isserman at the University of Illinois seems to be well aware of these factors. On the university's website, he is quoted saying:

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I don't pretend to be an economist or sociologist (and I didn't stay in a Holiday Inn last night either), but I do know that this is a very different way of thinking. It's definitely more in line with what Daryl was telling us, Norvasc pills, Norvasc paypal, and I like it. But then I don't measure my personal prosperity by my bank account alone either.

While exited to see this new approach to studying communities, I can't help but wonder if the study didn't miss one important criterion by not analyzing health trends. In other words, where can i order Norvasc without prescription, Purchase Norvasc online no prescription, are people in the community healthy.

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