rural business – The Rural Think Tank

How do your local students see the opportunities locally?

March 31, 2019 by brentlacydotcom

I read an interesting article that makes a ton of sense, yet many of our small town employers have not implemented the idea – reaching students in High School early in their experience to help them see local opportunities. In this WSJ article by Dante Chinni, He quotes a local HR manager in a small …

6 Charts that Illustrate Rural America

July 24, 2018 by brentlacydotcom

Back in March of 2017, PBS ran an article illustrating the some differences between Rural and Urban America. You can find that article here… There are some good statistics on poverty, disability, jobs, and entrepreneurship in rural areas. In the workshops that I give, I highlight that poverty and homelessness is very present and in …