Why Talented Professionals are Leaving Rural America Rural America has been losing its best and brightest for years. Graduates of four-year colleges are moving from small-town America to bigger cities, oftentimes to pursue better employment opportunities in their career fields. While graduates leave for various reasons, including less than competitive wages, fewer opportunities in their […]
Baseball legend Yogi Berra once said, “If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.” That is the case with organizations or communities without a strategic plan. You may be headed in the wrong direction or just spinning your wheels. In the case of economic development strategic planning, a community […]