rural population – 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 …

Rural Population Demographics

July 24, 2018 by brentlacydotcom

The Following Statistics are from “Where is Rural America, and What Does it Look Like?” Published Feb 2017 “Rural America” is a deceptively simple term for a remarkably diverse collection of places. It includes nearly 72 percent of the land area of the United States and 46 million people. I rely upon a widely used USDA …