You can't do it all alone. You need an entire army of social media champions online to carry your message. These are the people who already love your Main Street. Now it's a matter of finding them and helping them.
Peggy Seeger, a living legend of folk music, will be making two rare appearances in Washington D.C. on March 15th, 2014. She will perform traditional songs and her own compositions at a concert for the Folklore Society of Greater Washington. Additionally, Peggy will present a pre-concert program "Memories and Melodies" where she will share her memories of growing up in Chevy Chase in the 1940s-50s and discuss her remarkable American family that helped spark the folk music revival. Peggy continues to tour, record, write songs, and speak out against injustice despite her vast accomplishments in the folk music field over several decades.
Leverage your online visibility to get more referrals for your business. Your online visibility includes your digital assets like social media, directory listings, and content that you create or curate.
Taste the Music of the Great River RoadJill Bowers
The document summarizes some of the musical highlights along the Great River Road, which follows the Mississippi River from Minnesota to Louisiana. It describes opportunities to experience jazz, blues, and other American musical styles in venues like Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis, the Ordway Center in St. Paul, summer music festivals in Wisconsin and Iowa, outdoor productions in St. Louis, and museums and clubs tracing the roots of music in Mississippi and New Orleans. Traveling the Great River Road offers a chance to discover the rich musical traditions of America's heartland.
Valentine's Day originated from Saint Valentine, a Roman priest who secretly married couples when it was banned by Emperor Claudius II. On February 14th, Valentine was arrested and killed for disobeying the marriage ban. Before his death, he sent a farewell love letter signed "from your Valentine". Today, Valentine's Day traditions include exchanging greeting cards, gifts of flowers, chocolate and teddy bears, as well as poems often starting with "Roses are red, violets are blue".
Valentine's Day originated from a Roman tradition celebrating fertility. It was later adopted by the Catholic Church and dedicated to Saint Valentine, who was executed by Emperor Claudius II for secretly performing marriages. Throughout the Middle Ages and rise of courtly love, Valentine became an important figure in literature and romance. In the 19th century, the tradition spread to America through greeting card companies, popularizing the exchange of love notes and gifts on February 14th. Today, Valentine's Day is a major commercial holiday focused on expressions of affection, with nearly a billion greeting cards exchanged each year, mostly purchased by women. While the Vatican removed Saint Valentine from the liturgical calendar, the popularity of the figure and celebration of love on this date
The Spring House is a historic home in Tallahassee, Florida that was designed by famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright. It gets its name from the natural spring that flows behind the house into Lake Bradford. Tours of the Spring House are offered on the second Sunday of each month from 2-4pm, with adult tickets costing $15 and children under 12 being free. Donations can be made by mail or PayPal to help preserve the Spring House.
The document appears to be a simulated Facebook page containing posts from Anne Hutchinson and John F. Kennedy. It includes basic profile information about Anne Hutchinson, such as her birthday, hometown, and religious views. It also lists albums posted to the page, including photos of Anne Hutchinson, JFK's albums, and albums titled "The Family" and "The White House".
Peggy Seeger, a living legend of folk music, will be making two rare appearances in Washington D.C. on March 15th, 2014. She will perform traditional songs and her own compositions at a concert for the Folklore Society of Greater Washington. Additionally, Peggy will present a pre-concert program "Memories and Melodies" where she will share her memories of growing up in Chevy Chase in the 1940s-50s and discuss her remarkable American family that helped spark the folk music revival. Peggy continues to tour, record, write songs, and speak out against injustice despite her vast accomplishments in the folk music field over several decades.
Leverage your online visibility to get more referrals for your business. Your online visibility includes your digital assets like social media, directory listings, and content that you create or curate.
Taste the Music of the Great River RoadJill Bowers
The document summarizes some of the musical highlights along the Great River Road, which follows the Mississippi River from Minnesota to Louisiana. It describes opportunities to experience jazz, blues, and other American musical styles in venues like Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis, the Ordway Center in St. Paul, summer music festivals in Wisconsin and Iowa, outdoor productions in St. Louis, and museums and clubs tracing the roots of music in Mississippi and New Orleans. Traveling the Great River Road offers a chance to discover the rich musical traditions of America's heartland.
Valentine's Day originated from Saint Valentine, a Roman priest who secretly married couples when it was banned by Emperor Claudius II. On February 14th, Valentine was arrested and killed for disobeying the marriage ban. Before his death, he sent a farewell love letter signed "from your Valentine". Today, Valentine's Day traditions include exchanging greeting cards, gifts of flowers, chocolate and teddy bears, as well as poems often starting with "Roses are red, violets are blue".
Valentine's Day originated from a Roman tradition celebrating fertility. It was later adopted by the Catholic Church and dedicated to Saint Valentine, who was executed by Emperor Claudius II for secretly performing marriages. Throughout the Middle Ages and rise of courtly love, Valentine became an important figure in literature and romance. In the 19th century, the tradition spread to America through greeting card companies, popularizing the exchange of love notes and gifts on February 14th. Today, Valentine's Day is a major commercial holiday focused on expressions of affection, with nearly a billion greeting cards exchanged each year, mostly purchased by women. While the Vatican removed Saint Valentine from the liturgical calendar, the popularity of the figure and celebration of love on this date
The Spring House is a historic home in Tallahassee, Florida that was designed by famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright. It gets its name from the natural spring that flows behind the house into Lake Bradford. Tours of the Spring House are offered on the second Sunday of each month from 2-4pm, with adult tickets costing $15 and children under 12 being free. Donations can be made by mail or PayPal to help preserve the Spring House.
The document appears to be a simulated Facebook page containing posts from Anne Hutchinson and John F. Kennedy. It includes basic profile information about Anne Hutchinson, such as her birthday, hometown, and religious views. It also lists albums posted to the page, including photos of Anne Hutchinson, JFK's albums, and albums titled "The Family" and "The White House".
The Lighthouse and the Whaler - info sheetsCaren Kelleher
The Lighthouse and the Whaler is an indie folk-rock band from Cleveland that has received critical acclaim for their album "This is an Adventure". The album has sold over 3,600 copies and reached high rankings on music charts. The band has toured extensively, performed at major festivals, and placed songs in television shows. They have a dedicated fan base and strong digital streaming numbers.
The National Creativity Network Webinar Series “Open Mic: Share Your Stories”
The importance of creativity of innovation for a thriving economy and community continues to gain steam across North America. Many communities are making it a top priority. How are we going to make this real in terms of the education of our children and in our communities? The National Creativity Network is building a cross-domain movement to link Education, Commerce and Culture to make innovation a reality.
Based on feedback from our first webinar we are hosting our first “Open Mic” to allow members of the network to share stories about the initiatives they are undertaking in their own community and to interact with Network members.
Melena Rosebrown is seeking a position and provides her contact information as well as 4 references - Andre Tyler and Wayne Snyder from The American Jazz Museum, The Blue Room, John Gardner from T-Mobile USA, and Micaela Marks from Kearney, MO. These references can speak to her qualifications and ability to perform job duties.
Joyce intended to portray certain aspects of life in Dublin through Dubliners, rather than just tourist impressions. Most readers felt the dominating feature in Joyce's portrait was religion. Joyce depicted the city with such accuracy that readers could imagine the routes characters took through streets and landmarks. While Joyce aimed for objectivity, some question if he achieved true objectivity. Most agreed Dublin was not independent from British rule at the time.
The document contains fictional Facebook profiles for Ponyboy Curtis and John F. Kennedy. Ponyboy announces he is going to Harvard University and shares messages with friends discussing borrowing a coat. John F. Kennedy's profile includes biographical information and lists his interests, favorite movies and books, and photos.
Anglo-American folk legend Peggy Seeger stops by Chevy Chase on Saturday -- G...Elizabeth Milner
Folk singer and activist Peggy Seeger, who lived in Chevy Chase as a teenager, will visit the area this weekend, first speaking at Chevy Chase Village Hall on Saturday afternoon and then performing a concert in Washington D.C. that evening. Seeger is touring the East Coast and Midwest on her "I Just Can't Stay Away" tour to perform new songs and classics from her long career preserving folk music. The article provides details on Seeger's background and lineage in folk music as well as her upcoming appearances in the local area this weekend.
In the document, social class stereotypes are discussed in both TV drama and the general media. Specifically, the TV show Downton Abbey uses different music styles - elegant classical music for upper class characters and inconsistent, less refined music for servant characters - to represent their differing social statuses. Additionally, UK tabloids like the Daily Mail tend to portray working class individuals in a negative light through controversial headlines, giving readers an impression that lower classes are abusing welfare systems.
The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place simultaneously on the same weekend in Reading and Leeds, England. They share the same lineup and dates, with Reading's event held at Little John's Farm and Leeds' at Bramham Park. Weekend tickets include camping onsite. Reading Festival is considered the oldest popular music festival still operating today, having hosted rock, alternative, indie, punk and metal genres over the years since its inception. The festivals are run by Festival Republic and were previously sponsored under the name "Carling Weekend" but reclaimed the Reading Festival name in 2007. Attendance at the 2011 events was 87,000 at Reading and 75,000 at Leeds.
Valentine was a Roman priest who secretly married couples against the emperor Claudius' orders. When Claudius discovered Valentine's actions, he had Valentine imprisoned and sentenced to death. While in prison, Valentine befriended his jailer's daughter Julia and miraculously cured her of blindness. On the day of his death, Valentine wrote Julia a farewell letter signed "from your Valentine", which is how the tradition of exchanging love letters on February 14th began.
The Meltdown Festival is an annual music, art, and performance festival held each June/July at Southbank Centre in London. It celebrates diverse art forms and brings together fans of music alongside those hoping to perform. The festival is curated each year by a different legendary artist, with Massive Attack and Elbow among past curators, resulting in unique collaborations. Southbank Centre has hosted the festival for over 16 years, attracting a diverse audience with its eclectic mix of content.
This document discusses different genres of music - rock, country, and pop. It provides brief histories of how each genre developed and examples of well-known artists in each genre. Rock originated in the 1960s and is centered around electric guitar, bass and drums. Country originated from American folk music in the early 1920s and typically features guitars and banjo. Pop originated in the 1950s UK and US, derived from rock and roll but also incorporating elements of other genres, and has an electric sound.
Steve Liss is a nationally acclaimed photographer who worked for Time magazine for 23 years, photographing six presidential campaigns and having 43 of his photos appear on the cover. His book "No Place for Children: Voices from Juvenile Detention" won two major journalism awards and brought attention to poverty in America. He is now the executive director of AmericanPoverty.org, an organization using photography to raise awareness about poverty in the US. Endicott College is hosting a talk by Steve Liss on his current works and projects at their Rose Performance Hall on March 3rd at 4pm, with a reception to follow.
Ukrainian wedding traditions are rich in symbolism and involve various rituals. The groom must offer a ransom to the bride's family to "buy" her, which can involve money, jewelry, or liquor. If the first person presented is not actually the bride, a higher ransom is demanded. Another ritual is the engagement, where the groom requests the bride's hand from her parents, presenting a gift of horilka liquor. Blessings from family are also exchanged. During the ceremony, crowns are placed on the bride and groom's heads to signify a new kingdom. Who steps on a ceremonial cloth first is said to wear the "pants" in the marriage. Bread is also given as a blessing to the couple.
Historians 500 years from now may use music to learn about the lower classes in 2000s America, examining what types of music were popular. The document also discusses what primary sources like poems from different historical periods in China can tell us about the lives and beliefs of peasants, and whether they were better or worse off than peasants elsewhere. Finally, it considers the main characteristics modern society uses to determine women's beauty and if those have changed over time.
Ukrainian wedding traditions involve a series of rituals symbolizing the creation of a strong family foundation. Brides typically wear a traditional white dress with Ukrainian headpieces and embroidery, while grooms wear black suits with Ukrainian-style shirts and jackets. The wedding includes a blessing of the bride and groom by their parents, a procession to the church in decorated vehicles, an official ceremony at the registry office followed by champagne, and a formal church ceremony. After official events, celebrations continue in a restaurant with dances, songs and competitions before the bride and groom cut the cake and depart for their first night together as a married couple.
Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14th. According to mythology, Cupid shoots arrows of love to make people fall in love. Today, lovers exchange gifts like flowers, chocolate and cards. Children make cards for their classmates and families and friends give small gifts to each other, making it a fun holiday celebrated by all.
The document provides instructions for students to analyze various media from the 1920s including music, dancing, pictures, and settings from The Great Gatsby. Students are asked to observe how these elements make them feel and what they represent about the social classes and culture of the 1920s. They then write a paragraph summarizing their analysis and generalizing about the 1920s, supporting their statement with examples from the media presented.
August Wilson was a renowned playwright best known for his ten-play Pittsburgh Cycle chronicling the African American experience in the 20th century. He was raised in Pittsburgh's Hill District and drew from his experiences there for his plays. Gem of the Ocean, the first play in the cycle set in 1904, takes place in Aunt Ester's house which serves as a spiritual sanctuary. It explores themes of industry struggles, racial tensions in Pittsburgh, and one man's journey to absolve his guilt through Aunt Ester's spiritual teachings. Wilson's plays aimed to accurately portray black history and culture through the lens of the Hill District community he knew so well.
This document appears to be a mock Facebook profile for Clarence Darrow, a famous American lawyer. Some key details provided include that he was born in 1857 in Brookline, Massachusetts, was a Democrat and Catholic. The profile lists his interests as arguing and favorite activities as debate team. It also shows mock status updates and comments from others on his wall.
What small town people see as their biggest challenges, and what topic rural people most want help with. Top conclusions from the survey
Rural people were twice as likely to say they were optimistic about their communities’ future as negative.
Continuing lack of housing, inactive downtowns and population losses ranked the highest as rural community challenges, joined by lack of child care.
The ongoing lack of workers, support services and usable buildings, stiff competition from online businesses, and marketing ranked the highest as challenges to rural small businesses. Other preconception-changing results
Defying stereotyped media profiles of poverty, crime and drug abuse as the primary rural challenges, rural people continually ranked these near the bottom as community challenges.
Rural businesses innovate. Far from stuck in their ways and out of date, the most common business assets listed in 2023 were innovative ideas and up-to-date marketing techniques.
Although rural economic development often centers around jobs, it was one of the least-mentioned challenges in this survey. Rural people mentioned available jobs or good jobs as often as mentioning a lack of jobs or low paying jobs.
For all the reports of a lack of small business lending, rural people said usable buildings are harder to find than loans, a continuing trend from previous surveys.
Rural small business owners showed little or no interest in business plan assistance and pitch competitions, yet these types of assistance continue to be commonly offered to rural businesses.
Rural business people were more likely to mention that they needed help with marketing, starting a business, or receiving economic development incentives on par with those offered to recruit out-of-town firms.
Lack of housing, inactive downtowns and population losses continue to rank the highest as rural community challenges. Lack of childcare also ranks in the top 5.
The lack of workers and difficulties with marketing continue to challenge rural small businesses. Lack of support from government or agencies ranked second. Lack of usable buildings continues to climb in importance, breaking into the top five.
The survey is a project of SaveYour.Town and SmallBizSurvival.com
Keywords and classification:
Survey of Rural Challenges
Rural surveys and polls
What rural people need and want
What a small town needs
Rural people needs and wants
Rural challenges
Small town issues
Urban-rural divide
Rural policy
Diversity in rural communities
Diverse small towns
Rural assistance programs
For more info contact
Becky McCray becky@smallbizsurvival.com
Deb Brown deb@saveyour.town
How can rural small towns prosper? The pathways to prosperity are entrepreneurship, self-employment, and locally-owned small businesses. Learn the classic CIS model from the Center for Rural Entrepreneurship. Create a welcoming Climate for entrepreneurs, build the strong Infrastructure of small business, and Support your new business owners. Presented by the Washington State Extension to multiple remote locations.
The Lighthouse and the Whaler - info sheetsCaren Kelleher
The Lighthouse and the Whaler is an indie folk-rock band from Cleveland that has received critical acclaim for their album "This is an Adventure". The album has sold over 3,600 copies and reached high rankings on music charts. The band has toured extensively, performed at major festivals, and placed songs in television shows. They have a dedicated fan base and strong digital streaming numbers.
The National Creativity Network Webinar Series “Open Mic: Share Your Stories”
The importance of creativity of innovation for a thriving economy and community continues to gain steam across North America. Many communities are making it a top priority. How are we going to make this real in terms of the education of our children and in our communities? The National Creativity Network is building a cross-domain movement to link Education, Commerce and Culture to make innovation a reality.
Based on feedback from our first webinar we are hosting our first “Open Mic” to allow members of the network to share stories about the initiatives they are undertaking in their own community and to interact with Network members.
Melena Rosebrown is seeking a position and provides her contact information as well as 4 references - Andre Tyler and Wayne Snyder from The American Jazz Museum, The Blue Room, John Gardner from T-Mobile USA, and Micaela Marks from Kearney, MO. These references can speak to her qualifications and ability to perform job duties.
Joyce intended to portray certain aspects of life in Dublin through Dubliners, rather than just tourist impressions. Most readers felt the dominating feature in Joyce's portrait was religion. Joyce depicted the city with such accuracy that readers could imagine the routes characters took through streets and landmarks. While Joyce aimed for objectivity, some question if he achieved true objectivity. Most agreed Dublin was not independent from British rule at the time.
The document contains fictional Facebook profiles for Ponyboy Curtis and John F. Kennedy. Ponyboy announces he is going to Harvard University and shares messages with friends discussing borrowing a coat. John F. Kennedy's profile includes biographical information and lists his interests, favorite movies and books, and photos.
Anglo-American folk legend Peggy Seeger stops by Chevy Chase on Saturday -- G...Elizabeth Milner
Folk singer and activist Peggy Seeger, who lived in Chevy Chase as a teenager, will visit the area this weekend, first speaking at Chevy Chase Village Hall on Saturday afternoon and then performing a concert in Washington D.C. that evening. Seeger is touring the East Coast and Midwest on her "I Just Can't Stay Away" tour to perform new songs and classics from her long career preserving folk music. The article provides details on Seeger's background and lineage in folk music as well as her upcoming appearances in the local area this weekend.
In the document, social class stereotypes are discussed in both TV drama and the general media. Specifically, the TV show Downton Abbey uses different music styles - elegant classical music for upper class characters and inconsistent, less refined music for servant characters - to represent their differing social statuses. Additionally, UK tabloids like the Daily Mail tend to portray working class individuals in a negative light through controversial headlines, giving readers an impression that lower classes are abusing welfare systems.
The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place simultaneously on the same weekend in Reading and Leeds, England. They share the same lineup and dates, with Reading's event held at Little John's Farm and Leeds' at Bramham Park. Weekend tickets include camping onsite. Reading Festival is considered the oldest popular music festival still operating today, having hosted rock, alternative, indie, punk and metal genres over the years since its inception. The festivals are run by Festival Republic and were previously sponsored under the name "Carling Weekend" but reclaimed the Reading Festival name in 2007. Attendance at the 2011 events was 87,000 at Reading and 75,000 at Leeds.
Valentine was a Roman priest who secretly married couples against the emperor Claudius' orders. When Claudius discovered Valentine's actions, he had Valentine imprisoned and sentenced to death. While in prison, Valentine befriended his jailer's daughter Julia and miraculously cured her of blindness. On the day of his death, Valentine wrote Julia a farewell letter signed "from your Valentine", which is how the tradition of exchanging love letters on February 14th began.
The Meltdown Festival is an annual music, art, and performance festival held each June/July at Southbank Centre in London. It celebrates diverse art forms and brings together fans of music alongside those hoping to perform. The festival is curated each year by a different legendary artist, with Massive Attack and Elbow among past curators, resulting in unique collaborations. Southbank Centre has hosted the festival for over 16 years, attracting a diverse audience with its eclectic mix of content.
This document discusses different genres of music - rock, country, and pop. It provides brief histories of how each genre developed and examples of well-known artists in each genre. Rock originated in the 1960s and is centered around electric guitar, bass and drums. Country originated from American folk music in the early 1920s and typically features guitars and banjo. Pop originated in the 1950s UK and US, derived from rock and roll but also incorporating elements of other genres, and has an electric sound.
Steve Liss is a nationally acclaimed photographer who worked for Time magazine for 23 years, photographing six presidential campaigns and having 43 of his photos appear on the cover. His book "No Place for Children: Voices from Juvenile Detention" won two major journalism awards and brought attention to poverty in America. He is now the executive director of AmericanPoverty.org, an organization using photography to raise awareness about poverty in the US. Endicott College is hosting a talk by Steve Liss on his current works and projects at their Rose Performance Hall on March 3rd at 4pm, with a reception to follow.
Ukrainian wedding traditions are rich in symbolism and involve various rituals. The groom must offer a ransom to the bride's family to "buy" her, which can involve money, jewelry, or liquor. If the first person presented is not actually the bride, a higher ransom is demanded. Another ritual is the engagement, where the groom requests the bride's hand from her parents, presenting a gift of horilka liquor. Blessings from family are also exchanged. During the ceremony, crowns are placed on the bride and groom's heads to signify a new kingdom. Who steps on a ceremonial cloth first is said to wear the "pants" in the marriage. Bread is also given as a blessing to the couple.
Historians 500 years from now may use music to learn about the lower classes in 2000s America, examining what types of music were popular. The document also discusses what primary sources like poems from different historical periods in China can tell us about the lives and beliefs of peasants, and whether they were better or worse off than peasants elsewhere. Finally, it considers the main characteristics modern society uses to determine women's beauty and if those have changed over time.
Ukrainian wedding traditions involve a series of rituals symbolizing the creation of a strong family foundation. Brides typically wear a traditional white dress with Ukrainian headpieces and embroidery, while grooms wear black suits with Ukrainian-style shirts and jackets. The wedding includes a blessing of the bride and groom by their parents, a procession to the church in decorated vehicles, an official ceremony at the registry office followed by champagne, and a formal church ceremony. After official events, celebrations continue in a restaurant with dances, songs and competitions before the bride and groom cut the cake and depart for their first night together as a married couple.
Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14th. According to mythology, Cupid shoots arrows of love to make people fall in love. Today, lovers exchange gifts like flowers, chocolate and cards. Children make cards for their classmates and families and friends give small gifts to each other, making it a fun holiday celebrated by all.
The document provides instructions for students to analyze various media from the 1920s including music, dancing, pictures, and settings from The Great Gatsby. Students are asked to observe how these elements make them feel and what they represent about the social classes and culture of the 1920s. They then write a paragraph summarizing their analysis and generalizing about the 1920s, supporting their statement with examples from the media presented.
August Wilson was a renowned playwright best known for his ten-play Pittsburgh Cycle chronicling the African American experience in the 20th century. He was raised in Pittsburgh's Hill District and drew from his experiences there for his plays. Gem of the Ocean, the first play in the cycle set in 1904, takes place in Aunt Ester's house which serves as a spiritual sanctuary. It explores themes of industry struggles, racial tensions in Pittsburgh, and one man's journey to absolve his guilt through Aunt Ester's spiritual teachings. Wilson's plays aimed to accurately portray black history and culture through the lens of the Hill District community he knew so well.
This document appears to be a mock Facebook profile for Clarence Darrow, a famous American lawyer. Some key details provided include that he was born in 1857 in Brookline, Massachusetts, was a Democrat and Catholic. The profile lists his interests as arguing and favorite activities as debate team. It also shows mock status updates and comments from others on his wall.
What small town people see as their biggest challenges, and what topic rural people most want help with. Top conclusions from the survey
Rural people were twice as likely to say they were optimistic about their communities’ future as negative.
Continuing lack of housing, inactive downtowns and population losses ranked the highest as rural community challenges, joined by lack of child care.
The ongoing lack of workers, support services and usable buildings, stiff competition from online businesses, and marketing ranked the highest as challenges to rural small businesses. Other preconception-changing results
Defying stereotyped media profiles of poverty, crime and drug abuse as the primary rural challenges, rural people continually ranked these near the bottom as community challenges.
Rural businesses innovate. Far from stuck in their ways and out of date, the most common business assets listed in 2023 were innovative ideas and up-to-date marketing techniques.
Although rural economic development often centers around jobs, it was one of the least-mentioned challenges in this survey. Rural people mentioned available jobs or good jobs as often as mentioning a lack of jobs or low paying jobs.
For all the reports of a lack of small business lending, rural people said usable buildings are harder to find than loans, a continuing trend from previous surveys.
Rural small business owners showed little or no interest in business plan assistance and pitch competitions, yet these types of assistance continue to be commonly offered to rural businesses.
Rural business people were more likely to mention that they needed help with marketing, starting a business, or receiving economic development incentives on par with those offered to recruit out-of-town firms.
Lack of housing, inactive downtowns and population losses continue to rank the highest as rural community challenges. Lack of childcare also ranks in the top 5.
The lack of workers and difficulties with marketing continue to challenge rural small businesses. Lack of support from government or agencies ranked second. Lack of usable buildings continues to climb in importance, breaking into the top five.
The survey is a project of SaveYour.Town and SmallBizSurvival.com
Keywords and classification:
Survey of Rural Challenges
Rural surveys and polls
What rural people need and want
What a small town needs
Rural people needs and wants
Rural challenges
Small town issues
Urban-rural divide
Rural policy
Diversity in rural communities
Diverse small towns
Rural assistance programs
For more info contact
Becky McCray becky@smallbizsurvival.com
Deb Brown deb@saveyour.town
How can rural small towns prosper? The pathways to prosperity are entrepreneurship, self-employment, and locally-owned small businesses. Learn the classic CIS model from the Center for Rural Entrepreneurship. Create a welcoming Climate for entrepreneurs, build the strong Infrastructure of small business, and Support your new business owners. Presented by the Washington State Extension to multiple remote locations.
What do small town businesses know that makes them successful? How has the whole business world become more like a small town? We'll answer those questions together, and we'll explore the future of small towns.
Manage multiple businesses without going crazyBecky McCray
Like many small town business people, I have more than one business: liquor store, cattle ranch, speaking and writing about small town business, and Tourism Currents. So how do I do it all? It‘s one of the most common questions that I get asked, so I’m sharing my answers.
Cory Miller of Entrepreneurship Lab set up a webinar with me, “Managing Multiple Businesses without Going Crazy.”
I shared not just the big picture business strategy, but also the day-to-day level productivity skills that keep it all from falling apart.
The document outlines 7 rules for small towns to survive and thrive in a changing economy and society. The rules are: 1) Plan for zero and take a long term perspective, 2) Spend brainpower before dollars and be frugal, 3) Multiply lines of income to reduce risk, 4) Work anywhere anytime using technology, 5) Learn customer-driven communication, 6) Be proud of being small while building big, 7) Be local and strengthen the local community. The document argues that locally-owned small businesses are the future if rural areas want to survive.
Charge premium prices and visitors will thank youBecky McCray
Visitors are more willing than ever to pay a premium for good works. Social media gives you the room to stretch out and share the story of your good works, so you can earn those premium prices. Now that the online world makes everything like a small town, your small town survival skills become extra valuable online.
Getting down to business with social media for flooring dealersBecky McCray
This document provides recommendations for small business owners to use social media effectively. It recommends (1) speaking naturally and providing valuable local information, (2) using tools like blogs, video, Facebook and Yelp to engage customers and promote the business, and (3) setting daily goals and checklists to find time for regular social media engagement.
Growing Local Companies and Supporting EntrepreneursBecky McCray
This document discusses strategies for local governments to support entrepreneurs and small business growth. It recommends valuing, celebrating, and planning for entrepreneurs to improve the entrepreneurial climate. Building infrastructure like affordable real estate, broadband access, and business services can help entrepreneurs. Providing access to capital through local banks and investors is also important. Connecting entrepreneurs to support organizations and resources can help them succeed. The document advocates supporting industries like tourism that can create many small business jobs. Fostering entrepreneurship among youth is also discussed.
You've developed your social media skills to spread the word about your destination online. Now, let's find and support the army of people who can be your online champions. Online media makers of all kinds are out there: bloggers, video bloggers, photographers, Facebook mavens and Twitter connectors on subjects like travel, parenting, sports, foods and local areas. Here's how to network to find them, how to evaluate them to know which ones are the right ones to work with, and how to work with them, knowing they are different than traditional media.
How online is like a small town: lessons from rural entrepreneursBecky McCray
This document discusses 7 lessons that can be learned from rural entrepreneurs and applied to online businesses. The lessons are: 1) Plan for zero and have backup plans, 2) Spend time developing your business idea before spending money, 3) Generate multiple sources of income, 4) Be able to work remotely at any time, 5) Treat customers like part of the community, 6) Be proud of having a small business, and 7) Focus on local customers and communities. The document provides examples for each lesson and argues that adopting practices from small town businesses can help online businesses succeed.
Finding your online champions for tourismBecky McCray
Becky McCray shared results from Hutch and asked if anyone had any questions. She provided her Twitter handle and a website URL for more information on revitalizing Washington state's tourism industry. The document appears to be sharing initial findings from a study and inviting further discussion.
Namibia trophy hunting report for Otjandaue Hunting Safaris, Omaruru, Namibia, Africa. Includes basic facts about Namibia as well as a day-by-day hunting report. http://www.otjandauehuntingsafaris.com
Making Blogger and Blogspot blogs coolBecky McCray
Blogger may be one of the easiest ways to start a blog, but to the bloggy elite, the blogspot.com address has become a kind of badge of shame. Good news: Blogger has introduced a slew of new ways to make your blog look - and work - cool.
During the budget session of 2024-25, the finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, introduced the “solar Rooftop scheme,” also known as “PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana.” It is a subsidy offered to those who wish to put up solar panels in their homes using domestic power systems. Additionally, adopting photovoltaic technology at home allows you to lower your monthly electricity expenses. Today in this blog we will talk all about what is the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana. How does it work? Who is eligible for this yojana and all the other things related to this scheme?
The report *State of D2C in India: A Logistics Update* talks about the evolving dynamics of the d2C landscape with a particular focus on how brands navigate the complexities of logistics. Third Party Logistics enablers emerge indispensable partners in facilitating the growth journey of D2C brands, offering cost-effective solutions tailored to their specific needs. As D2C brands continue to expand, they encounter heightened operational complexities with logistics standing out as a significant challenge. Logistics not only represents a substantial cost component for the brands but also directly influences the customer experience. Establishing efficient logistics operations while keeping costs low is therefore a crucial objective for brands. The report highlights how 3PLs are meeting the rising demands of D2C brands, supporting their expansion both online and offline, and paving the way for sustainable, scalable growth in this fast-paced market.
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Summer 2009 suggested tweets from Leslie McLellan in Lake Arrowhead:
• Lake Arrowhead Wednesday Weekend Update is posted! http://bit.ly/10SOW0
VENICE plays Center Stage this Sat. night - Great weekend ahead!
• Come up and enjoy our "wild life" at Lake Arrowhead this wkend -
http://ht.ly/24PbB
• Center Stage Concerts at Lake Arrowhead this weekend: Neil Diamond tribute-
Friday, Common Sense (a So. Cal. favorite) reggae band on Sat.
• Oh my ~ See our gorgeous Lake Arrowhead weather at http://ht.ly/28n6S
• Lake Arrowhead Wkend update with concert schedule found here
http://tinyurl.com/nw6wzz Takes a couple of minutes to load.....Sorry!
• For Lake Arrowhead lodging information visit http://ht.ly/2bQLX Come on up and
cool off!
Picture yourself walking down your Main Street. As you walk along, look inside a few businesses. How many of the businesses do you think have a Facebook Page? How many of the people you pass have a smartphone and share photos online? How many other people around town use Twitter, or Instagram, or YouTube?Imagine all these people as a small army of champions, all around the internet, spreading the word about your town, posting photos and videos, and telling everyone who will listen about your best assets. Who wouldn’t want that?? You are going to build that army of champions, by networking and word of mouth, and by building relationships.
Here’s how my Tourism Currentscompadre Leslie McLellan built an army of online champions for Lake Arrowhead, California. She had been in charge of all tourism for the Chamber of Commerce for almost 20 years. Late in 2008, she found out their entire marketing and promotions budget had been cut to zero. Zero! Leslie was shocked, and had to come up with something to replace that advertising budget. Social media marketing suddenly went from “we’re looking into it” to “that’s what we’re going to do!” She threw herself into learning.
Once Leslie knew some basics, she started by asking her friends to tweet live from their annual Film Festival. Not to bring more people to the event, but to generate more attention during and after the event. The discussion on Twitter went on for 3 weeks after the event. Leslie was convinced!The next event was their annual Antique and Classic Wooden Boat Show. It had long been just a regional event. Based on the success with the film festival, she started sharing it on Twitter, too. She even found and used the main hashtags used by wooden boat enthusiasts. Suddenly, two national publications were interested in writing up their event, because they saw the mentions on Twitter.
Next, she asked the public to help. At the start of their summer concert series, she wrote a short script for the emcee to announce “If you’re having a good time, please Tweet about it or post on Facebook” and she had him read out their hashtag. He didn’t have a clue what he was saying, but it was close enough for the audience to figure out. They continued to announce it at each and every concert. By the Fourth of July weekend concert, Leslie was thrilled to find that fans had tallied 15,000 tweets mentioning Lake Arrowhead in just one weekend.
With almost a full year of social media experience, Leslie next ask was the businesses. She started a social media meetup group. She emailed all the Chamber members, and got 35 people together to talk social media. Some were very social savvy, and some had no clue. But they kept meeting. Each monthly meeting consisted of a learning component as well as a discussion of things they could promote via social media. She provided a list each month of pre-written tweets and Facebook posts complete with hashtags and links that businesses could use to fill in their social media posting schedules. They didn’t have to think about what to say, or who to link to, so it was easy for them to help promote the destination and the town’s events. Some businesses also provided tweets and posts about their specific business, which most everyone was willing to spread around online, too.
In 2008, the Chamber spent $15,000 on advertising. In 2009, they spent $500. Even with some lasting effects from previous advertising, you would expect that the bookings at Lake Arrowhead would drop off pretty significantly. But they didn’t. Bookings in 2009 were actually slightly more than in 2008, and 2010 was a little more than 98% of 2009.Twitter and Facebook alone filled the gap. “Social media was like winning the lottery,” Leslie said. “It took the place of seven months of advertising in a national magazine as well as print media in general for us.”
Leslie was very clear that this was a cooperative effort for the businesses, one that supported the whole destination. “For resort area marketing, you have to sell the destination first. After that you can ‘drill down’ to small businesses that make up the community. We all have times when we can’t think of what to post, so by all of us combining what we’re offering, we should be able to post more frequently and extend the reach of not only the destination but our small businesses as well.”That’s a lot like Main Street marketing, isn’t it?
“It’s almost like we have an extra little army of people out there with second homeowners and concert-goers who talk about Lake Arrowhead and that gets our name out.” You don’t need second homeowners. You just need your local businesses and the people who love your Main Street.
It’s not just Facebook and Twitter. There’s a whole spectrum of other social tools out there. Think of it as the stone thrown into the pond – your champions combined have extensive social media networks. They can ripple your news outward. They can help you find and connect with other online people. Through all these different tools and networks,they have audiences that might not discover you any other way. You don’t have to even know about all these hundreds of different tools. You just have to start with the people you know.
Ready to start looking for you own champions? Start with the locals and businesses owners. Add your former locals, your alumni. I still brag about Luling, Texas, and I haven’t lived there since 1981! How about your visitors? People who come back year after year, or even ones who only visited once, but they remember it forever!Then how about family ties? And land connections: people come back to hunt, or fish, or help with harvest, or just to visit because they or their family have land in the area. So a lot of people love your place! How many of all those people are online? Lots!
You already know most of your best champions. Your Main Street or Chamber of Commerce group keeps some kind of email list. Your partners also have email lists. Check with the economic development group, any other local association that works with business owners. [Brainstorm for examples]
You can also ask in your newsletter, website, Facebook, newspaper, etc.: that can be as simple as placing an announcement. I don’t care if you put a sign in your front window, just ask!
Some of your potential champions are already looking for you! Have some online presence and respond to people there. Be contactable through your website, and not just by phone. Have a Facebook page and keep up with it. Check your website comments, your Facebook likes, and look for alumni groups on Facebook. See who is already acting like a champion, but just needs some direction.
Now you can go searching for other people. On Facebook, you can search by geography or by school (high school and college).For Twitter, tryTwtrlandFor Instagram, there’s Statigram’s search.
I put Columbia, Illinois into Facebook, and this is the first big result: a combined city overview page. Facebook pulled some info from Wikipedia, a map, and then started adding places in Columbia that have pages. So each of these businesses or organizations are potential champions. And then each one of them have followers and people who have checked in.
When I scrolled on down the page, I got these related groups. They’re full of potential champions! These five people were picked out for me because we have friends in common. So they’ll be easy to reach out to.
Then I went back up to the search box, and Facebook got serious. Look at these! Just like a menu of champion choices!
Twitter is a bit different. Twtrland is my current favorite local search. Notice it gives lots of results, they’re easy to scan through, and over here on the right was can filter them by their level of influence, or their skills, or gender, or estimated age. Now the info isn’t guaranteed 100% accurate, but it’s a start.
Statigram’s search doesn’t work by geography, so you have to rely on user tags of photos. These are tagged Columbia, IL. http://statigr.am/instagram-search-tool
Before you champions charge out carrying your banner, they need to know what should be printed on it! Your Main Street has a story, a brand. You have a specific way you are trying to be seen. You have to know what that is before you can ask others to help with it. Leslie had honed her Lake Arrowhead brand through 20 years of paid advertising. She knew what she wanted to convey.
Provide a list each month of pre-written tweets and Facebook posts complete with hashtags and links.Focus on promoting the destination as a whole and community events. Ask businesses to also provide tweets and posts about their specific business, which everyone can spread around online, too.Here’s a sample from Leslie’s summer 2009 campaign. Remember, it was her first experiment.
Announce the hashtag at events. Ask people to post and tweet. Put hashtags on printed materials, signs, shirts, everything.
Leslie held monthly meetups with an educational component each time. Now, you don’t have to be the teacher, but you can make that possible. You can have others lead the sessions, you can learn together online, you can Skype in a leader from far away. Get creative, but get educational! The more social media savvy your local businesses are, the more prosperous your Main Street will be.