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The Rural Housing Development puzzle

September 9th, 2009

If your rural community is “puzzled” by housing development, then you should consider attending the Rural Housing Playbook Regional Conference in Iroquois, SD on Tuesday Sept. 15.

I’ve talked about the Rural Housing Collaborative, and as I described back in Nov. 2008:

The Rural Housing Playbook is about creating a plan for your community’s housing needs and not just building a specific housing project. Everybody wants to see action, and a project does that. But a project is more likely to fail when it is not a part of a community plan.

The Rural Housing Collaborative has produced a process they believe helps rural communities in this process.  It’s a process that I wish I’d been able to use back when we first started doing housing development in Miner County. 

I hope to attend because, in addition to explaining the playbook process, the conference will showcase the housing activities of two South Dakota communities — Doland and Iroquois.  

If you haven’t registered, make sure you click on the link to the right and complete the registration form.  There’s no cost to attend, but they do want to know you’re going to be there. 

 

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