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Rural America in the 2000s: Age:
Rural America — like the rest of the country — is getting older. But it's not that simple. In some parts of the Great Plains, the percentage of young people is growing!
By Roberto Gallardo
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North Dakota entrepreneur Hopes to Make Veneta, Oregon a Destination Spot:
Another weekend of beautiful weather made the coast a hot destination. But it's the traffic heading to the coast that a local entrepreneur hopes to capitalize on.
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New global outsourcing hub - Wyoming? :
When it comes to call centers filled with English-speaking employees, India likely comes to mind. Not a tiny town in Wyoming called Ten Sleep, population about 300.
What Ten Sleep has is not, exactly, ...
Sponge Cities on the Great Plains:
“Sponge cities” is an apt metaphor to describe urban communities in rural states like North Dakota which grow soaking up the residents of surrounding small towns, farms and ranches.
North Dakota’s ...
Why the Great Plains are Great Once Again:
On a drizzly, warm June night, the bars, galleries, and restaurants along Broadway are packed with young revelers. Traffic moves slowly, as drivers look for parking. The bar at the Donaldson, a boutique ...
How to improve collaboration between remote teams:
One of the biggest hazards of remote teams is that information isn’t distributed evenly. That person in the Dallas office knows the answer to the question the person in Bangalore is asking but the questions ...
Six Ways to Manage a Virtual Work Force :
Debunking the Myths of the Telecommute:
I’m executive director of community operations at Edmunds.com, which provides information to car buyers, sellers and drivers. I lead the team that develops systems and policies for anyone submitting ...
The New Suburbs, a Plane Ride Away:
Professionals Seeking Affordable Homes Move to Pacific Northwest but Keep Bay Area Jobs; Spacious Living Near Seattle
By NICK WINGFIELD
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Telecommute Taxes On The Table :
The Obama Administration has recently been shining a spotlight on the need to eliminate barriers to telework and its growth. Now Congress has legislation before it that would abolish telework's greatest ...
The Next Best Career Move: Actually Moving:
As more employers curtail long-distance recruiting and job hunters seek out better job markets, many professionals are finding the next best career move is literally to relocate where they want to ...
How a Business Can Span the Globe and Stay Close-Knit: Microsoft’s “Telepresence” Project:
Stop me if this sounds familiar. You work in a tight-knit team that has one or two colleagues who are located in a different office—across the street, across the state, or across the country. You’d ...
America in 2050 -- Where and How We'll Live :
The presence of 100 million more Americans by 2050 will reshape the nation's geography. Scores of new communities will have to be built to accommodate them, creating a massive demand for new housing, ...
Executives free to live where they want - with a tradeoff:
Executives are increasingly free to live anywhere, if they’re willing to accept epic commutes — Boston to Edmonton, anyone?
When Rich Allen was offered the job as chief operating officer at Stantec, ...
Want to live like a cowboy? Try Wyoming:
Whether you want to live like a rock star or a cowboy, or become an urban gardener or just opt for the simple life, there is a town in America to suit everyone's taste.
Wannabe cowboys should head ...
Where telecommuting is the rule:
The 40 employees of Fuentek are required to telecommute, and company founder Laura Schoppe says workers are more productive when working from home and setting their own schedules. "I think you get better ...
HP executive escapes from Silicon Valley:
Crazy is one word for it.
The guy walks away from a middle-management job at Hewlett-Packard, moves his wife and two kids out of their Almaden Valley home, loads them into a 37-foot RV and hits the ...
Why Americans Are Moving Less:
The nation’s mobility rate fell last year to its lowest level since World War II, according to the latest census data. Growth is slowing in Sun Belt states and Northeastern states are holding on to more ...
Co-Working Offers Community To Solo Workers:
New Work City is part of a trend that started a handful of years ago on the West Coast. Newly mobile tech workers with laptops liked their freedom but still missed the human interaction they got from ...
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Attracting Retail Entrepreneurs to Rural Communities: The Role of the Institutional Environment:
This exploratory study highlights the influence of the rural community environment on attracting
and retaining retail entrepreneurs. Guided by institutional theory, qualitative interviews were
conducted ...
Big city blues Could a more affordable life, away from the Bay Area, actually be better?:
When I mention this escape fantasy to other urban-dwelling friends, it often turns out they're harboring a similar desire. And their yearning is usually tinged with melancholy, in the way that you might ...
Green Acres Is the Place to Be The Recession Is Inspiring More Young Families and Singles to Head Back to the Country:
Kathryn O'Shea-Evans, a 25-year-old freelance writer, moved from Portland, Ore., to New York on Dec. 31, 2006. When the economy began floundering, she was frugal—living in a $650-a-month boarding-house ...
Pacific Northwest Quakes Could Imperil Urban Areas:
Major earthquakes occurring along the Cascadia subduction zone off the coast of Washington state could strike closer to the state’s urban areas than some models have suggested, a new study notes.
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The Towns That Build Entrepreneurs:
Why do some communities have twice the average number of businesses? Two Oklahoma scholars see several avenues to business creation.
#1 reason for success: A Heavy Emphasis on Main Street
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HP And IBM To Add 4,000 U.S. Jobs In Three Small Towns:
HP and IBM will open heavily subsidized customer-support centers in three small towns across the U.S. that will eventually employ 4,000 workers. The jobs are wonderful--but was the price for them ...
150 Cheap Places To Live. Yes, you can live in a rural community and make a good living. & The 10 most overpriced places in the United States:
We've all heard about the wonders of the broadband Web. You can stream video, surf at lightning speeds, search for God-knows-what, get your e-mail in a blink. Here's what you may not know: It can let ...
Giving Rural America a Competitive Edge:
When 28-year-old Derek Gleim graduated as a computer programmer four years ago, he hardly expected he would craft a career as an IT professional in his hometown of Menasha, Wis. "I wanted to live ...
Woodstock Generation Going Up the Country:
They might not have known it but Canned Heat’s classic Going Up the Country at the now 40 year-old festival was prognostic – at least in terms of where the Woodstock generation would be moving ...
Boomers Migrating to Rural America - "The 3rd Coast":
Baby Boomers are coming. Over the next decade, many will leave the cities for smaller towns, a migration that will change the nature and economy of many rural counties.
“Baby Boom Migration and ...
Why Do Some Rural Towns Thrive? — and Other Questions:
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