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January 13th, 2010

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My guess is that Reuben Wentz must appreciate the importance of a good restaurant. The 93-year-old retired farmer recently gave $500,000 to his hometown of Napoleon, North Dakota (pop. Buy Chantix online without a prescription, 857) to create a new community-owned restaurant.

The restaurant replaces the old, deteriorating building that housed the community's previous community-owned restaurant. It sounds like they've got a good thing going with the restaurant. Its features include:

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It sounds like the community is excited about the restaurant. The Bismarck Tribune quotes foundation board member Jennifer Schumacher:

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Any community seeking to attract young people (Gen Y) has to evaluate the availability of local food services. It's something they look for when choosing a community to call home.

With this in mind, I've been thinking about how the Napoleon might leverage this restaurant effort for further economic development. Two thoughts have emerged:

First, Chantix trusted pharmacy reviews, Saturday delivery Chantix, what can be done to foster a true "third place" atmosphere, making it a place where people of all ages and backgrounds meet for conversation? We know that conversation between people of varying backgrounds in third places can lead to greater community trust (e.g, order Chantix online overnight delivery no prescription. Buy cheap Chantix no rx, bridging social capital). But third places don't magically emerge. They take thoughtful consideration and effort.

Second, buy Chantix online cod, Ordering Chantix online, could the community-owned restaurant be leveraged to create a local foods initiative? Perhaps, they could make a commitment to buying locally raised foods. The kitchen could also be a "shared use kitchen" that helps entrepreneurs develop new food products.

Both of those ideas will take more effort and possibly more financial capital. They may or may not be right for Napoleon. But rural communities need to think like this to maximize their economic development efforts.

Small towns also need people like Reuben Wentz who are willing to invest in their community's future.

Note: Thanks to John Crabtree of the Center for Rural Affairs for making me aware of this story in their January newsletter. Readers may also be interested in past ReImagine Rural stories about community owned grocery stores.

Photo Credit: FreeWine - Flickr

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Well, maybe that's not such a bold statement to anyone who has been paying attention. At the Rural Learning Center, we caught onto this idea about a year ago - and we are far from early adaptors on the subject.

Still I run into rural community leaders all the time who think investing time and effort into figuring out a social media strategy is a waste of time. Or maybe I should say, fast shipping Nolvadex, Nolvadex prices, they think it's something that will go away -- sort of like they hoped e-mail would about ten years ago.

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September 16th, 2009

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What Joe told me

I think Joe and I had only meet once before, so I was surprised when Joe came up to me and said that he was both a regular reader of ReImainge Rural and that he occasionally used a blog post to generate conversation with his board members at meetings.

Instead of uttering, Levitra prescriptions, Buy Levitra without prescription, "Seriously?" (which probably showed on my face), I thanked him and asked how he was using it to generate conversation.

He explained that he occasionally prints off a post, where can i order Levitra without prescription, Buy cheap Levitra no rx, gives it to board members, and asks them to talk about it. For instance, where to buy Levitra, Online buy Levitra without a prescription, a while back he gave them a copy of "Does your community need a coffee shop?" and asked them to think about where new residents and younger people in Miller go to socialize and why having such a place would be important. I was impressed to hear that they were talking about the role coffee shops play in community development work. It's the type of stuff most economic development groups don't think about.

The coffee shop idea didn't make the cut

Later in the conversation, Joe somewhat sheepishly admitted that they are not actively working to develop a third place in Miller. I think Joe didn't wanted to hurt my feelings, buy Levitra online without prescription, Order Levitra online overnight delivery no prescription, but he was honest in saying it did not make their list of projects to work on.

Far from hurting my feelings, Levitra in uk, Real brand Levitra online, I was ecstatic. Something I had written had caused an economic development group to "reimagine" their work. They were digging in, conversing, online buying Levitra hcl, Order Levitra from United States pharmacy, and rethinking what they wanted their community to be like. To me that's incredible. (By the way, that's the "U Process" at work.)

Admittedly, Levitra in australia, Free Levitra samples, I think every community needs a coffee shop that serves as a third place. I think they increase the community's social capital that will in the long run help the community get more things done. In other words, community members are less likely to waste their time fighting each other over the projects they are working on, Levitra tablets, Buy generic Levitra, resulting in increased productivity.

But that doesn't mean that I think Miller's economic development group should invest their time and energy into making it a reality. They may have more important stuff to work on, and should be congratulated for just thinking about it, Levitra to buy. Levitra price, coupon,

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If anything disappointed me about our conversation, Levitra paypal, Levitra for sale, it was that neither Joe or his board have joined in the conversation on ReImagine Rural.

When we created the tag line "Building a deep conversation about the future of rural" we did so did so because we believe that generating conversations is key to building a brighter future for rural communities.

Never have we felt that our experiences at the Rural Learning Center provide us with all the answers. Nor do we believe that others should be "listening" to us. Rather it's about raising issues, asking questions, Levitra in india, Ordering Levitra online, sharing ideas, and rethinking the future. And that's where Joe (and you) come in.

I could tell from our short talk that Joe can contribute to the conversation. I asked him if he'd consider posting comments about the importance of third places. I'm hoping that he'll even write a guest post or two someday about other subjects. If he does, buy Levitra online without a prescription, Order Levitra online c.o.d, I'm confident that his contribution will help someone else who is wrestling with similar issues.

It takes time

I know that it takes time to write comments or guest posts for blogs. And I know that it can take time away from the more immediate projects that everyone is working on.

In fact, as I reflect on the questions I posed at the top of this post, purchase Levitra online, Buy Levitra online with no prescription, I think that's what I've been wrestling with. Is there value in writing about rural community issues as I do on this blog? Or should I be spending my time "doing" something as I try to help rural communities.

Only time will bear an answer, but for now, where can i find Levitra online, Levitra medication, I'm going to keep plugging away. The one thing that I am sure of, however, where can i buy Levitra online, Levitra discount, is that rural communities across America will benefit from YOU joining the conversation.

Note: If you want to join the conversation, feel free to send me an e-mail at mike@ruraltransformations.com

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Obviously, part of the problem is that we have an older population in many rural communities, but it's also true that Gen Y just doesn't get involved like young people may have in past generations.

Today, Modafinil over the counter, Where to buy Modafinil, I stumbled across a post by a Gen Yer (Rebecca Thorman) who asks: "Will Gen Y ruin local community?" At the heart of her question is the acknowledgement that although Gen Yers have "the best of intentions to be a part of the communities" they call home, there are "a number of conflicting events that contribute to a lack of involvement in local community."

The post lists the following as some of those factors:

Gen Yers turn to on-line networks for community-building rather than physical institutions like churches (which Gen Y is often disillusioned with).

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Interesting stuff. And it generated some interesting comments as well.

What's going on here?

I heartily agree that Gen Y is not engaged in traditional community activities like older generations. If we (all of us old people) attempt to meet them in the world where they feel comfortable-the online world-I think we have a better shot at engaging them.

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We haven't spent much time talking about third places lately, so I thought I'd provide a quick highlight on a couple references that I have stumbled across in the blogosphere lately.

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Beyond the obvious differences between a coffee shop and a small town café, most of the adults in the room missed the point the students were making: Younger people enjoyed going to larger communities to hang out in coffee shops. If we wanted our community to be a place for their generation, ordering Rocaltrol online, Buy Rocaltrol without a prescription, we needed a coffee shop.

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Oldenburg goes into great depth explaining the community building functions carried out by third places. We'll talk about them more in later posts, but for now I'd like to focus on helping readers recognize third places in their own communities-- not all cafés, buy Rocaltrol online without a prescription, Rocaltrol overseas, pubs, bookstores and community centers meet the qualifications of third places.

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Last summer (2008), three entrepreneurial ladies opened a coffee shop in Howard called Higher Grounds. I've been watching it ever since and have concluded that it is developing into an outstanding third place. It really seems to be filling the need people have to experience a sense of community, Rocaltrol pills, Sale Rocaltrol, which may explain why it's a success.

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Other resources on coffee shops and third places

"A new third place enhances a walkable space" -- Greater Greater Washington

"The Downtown Coffee House Business" - Downtown Economics (U, Rocaltrol prescriptions. Rocaltrol san diego, of Wisconsin Extension)

COFFEE SHOP - Research Project for Dr. Gaffney's Urban Social Geography at UNC

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The hardware store did reopen a year-and-a-half later, where can i order Lotensin without prescription, Lotensin to buy online, and today it's doing very well. Probably better than ever. This story might just be an anomaly, but I don't think it is, Buy Lotensin Without Prescription. While population is important, saturday delivery Lotensin, Ordering Lotensin online, the people who own and operate the store are far more important. Are they hardworking, creative, buy Lotensin online without prescription, Where can i buy Lotensin online, good community members. Howard was lucky that the answer to these questions were "yes", buy generic Lotensin. Lotensin in canada,

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There is also a second factor that's very important - how committed is the community to supporting that store?

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This point became clear Tuesday evening when I was in Faulkton, SD with Joe and Lindsey Karlson. We were there to work with community members on the creation of a Faulk County community development plan.

Early in the evening Joe explained to the group that he attributes Miner County's current success to the community's use of the U Process to develop its plan. Because we "dug in deep" on issues (the left side of the U), where can i order Avodart without prescription, Avodart overseas, we were able to institute greater change (on the right side). That may be true, but let me clarify with the following:

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Sociologists have labeled the trust that I am talking about as "social capital." More importantly, they have recognized that communities with high levels of social capital are more likely to give the community's "doers" (both people and organizations) permission to work on the community's behalf.

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