{"id":9878,"date":"2015-11-10T16:34:32","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T22:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/?page_id=9878"},"modified":"2023-12-14T15:49:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T21:49:19","slug":"survey-of-rural-challenges","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/survey-of-rural-challenges.html","title":{"rendered":"Survey of Rural Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">What small town people see as their biggest challenges<\/h2>\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">And what topics rural people most want help with<\/h2>\r\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/survey-of-rural-challenges.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13626 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Survey-of-Rural-Challenges-800x262.png\" alt=\"Survey of Rural Challenges\" width=\"800\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Survey-of-Rural-Challenges-800x262.png 800w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Survey-of-Rural-Challenges-300x98.png 300w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Survey-of-Rural-Challenges-768x251.png 768w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Survey-of-Rural-Challenges.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p><strong>\u201cI wait every year for the results of this rural survey to help us align our work at Crowdfund Better with what rural businesses need. Thanks to Becky McCray and Deb Brown of SaveYour.Town for your dedication to putting this annual report together that reflects the challenges felt by real people who live and work in rural communities.\u201d Kathleen Minogue, Crowdfund Better, Idaho<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<div class=\"text-center\">\r\n<h1 class=\"heading h-element undefined\">Update: 2023 results<\/h1>\r\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; height: 0; padding-top: 56.2500%; padding-bottom: 0; box-shadow: 0 2px 8px 0 rgba(63,69,81,0.16); margin-top: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.9em; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 8px; will-change: transform;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; width: 100%; height: 100%; top: 0; left: 0; border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAFhhPwAgAk\/view?embed\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAFhhPwAgAk\/view?utm_content=DAFhhPwAgAk&amp;utm_campaign=designshare&amp;utm_medium=embeds&amp;utm_source=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Survey of Rural Challenges 2023<\/a> by debworks\r\n<h3><\/h3>\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Full 2023 results<\/h2>\r\n<h3>\r\n\r\n<\/h3>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/2023\/05\/survey-of-rural-challenges-2023-results.html\">See the full 2023 results, infographic and PDF report here<\/a>.\r\n<h3><\/h3>\r\n<h3 class=\"heading h-element undefined\">Since 2015, over 1700 people answered the Survey of Rural Challenges. It uncovered big disconnects between what rural people want and what media, service providers and policy makers provide.<\/h3>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"columns page-section-columns\">\r\n<div class=\"column text-left\">\r\n<div class=\"column text-left\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li class=\"heading h-element undefined\">Services and assistance commonly offered to rural people don\u2019t match up with what rural people say they want help with.<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"heading h-element undefined\">Common themes in media coverage and policy conversations around rural communities don\u2019t match rural views.<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"heading h-element undefined\">What urban and suburban people think of rural challenges is tinged by stereotypes that don\u2019t agree with what rural people are thinking.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"column text-left\">\r\n<div id=\"page_section_17481425\" class=\"react-page-section\">\r\n<div data-react-class=\"page_section\/Columns\" data-react-props=\"{&quot;heading&quot;:&quot;Who this survey matters most for&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:17481425,&quot;theme&quot;:{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;colors&quot;:{&quot;background&quot;:&quot;#ffffff&quot;,&quot;button&quot;:&quot;#840000&quot;,&quot;buttonText&quot;:&quot;#ffffff&quot;,&quot;heading&quot;:&quot;#000000&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;#000000&quot;},&quot;background&quot;:{&quot;blend&quot;:&quot;normal&quot;,&quot;blur&quot;:0,&quot;contrast&quot;:75,&quot;grayscale&quot;:100,&quot;opacity&quot;:38,&quot;url&quot;:null}},&quot;button&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:null,&quot;url&quot;:null},&quot;alignment&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:{&quot;2331181&quot;:{&quot;button&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;heading&quot;:&quot;If you live in a small town, you may want to see how your challenges compare to other towns. &quot;,&quot;id&quot;:2331181,&quot;image&quot;:null,&quot;position&quot;:0,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;\\u003cdiv\\u003eSometimes you might feel like you\u2019re the only one who faces these challenges. You might even feel like you\u2019re somehow a failure for not getting more done in your town. I think you\u2019ll be surprised how common the challenges are. You\u2019re not alone.\\u0026nbsp;\\u003c\/div\\u003e&quot;},&quot;2331182&quot;:{&quot;button&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;heading&quot;:&quot;If you provide services or assistance to small towns in your work, you will want to find out more about rural people\u2019s own view of their challenges.&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:2331182,&quot;image&quot;:null,&quot;position&quot;:1,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;\\u003cdiv\\u003eYou may wonder if the type of assistance you provide is the right match for your communities, and you might realize that the people you\u2019re helping may not be totally honest with you, or maybe they have a vested interest in continuing things as they\u2019ve always been. In this survey, a broad sample of rural people have been free to share the unvarnished truth as they see it. \\u003cstrong\\u003eYou might learn that services that have been your mainstay for years are no longer a good fit for the challenges rural communities say they really struggle with.\\u0026nbsp;\\u003c\/strong\\u003e\\u003c\/div\\u003e&quot;},&quot;2331183&quot;:{&quot;button&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;heading&quot;:&quot;If you cover rural stories for any type of media, you want to break through shallow stereotyped coverage, It may help to hear the relative importance of different challenges to rural people.&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:2331183,&quot;image&quot;:null,&quot;position&quot;:2,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;\\u003cdiv\\u003eStory assignments that draw conclusions for you keep you from telling the real stories, and you know there are limits to how deeply you can dive into rural communities as an outsider. You\u2019re up against time constraints, budget limits and cultural barriers. The people you find in the coffee shop at 2 in the afternoon may not reflect the full spectrum of rural people.\\u0026nbsp;\\u003c\/div\\u003e&quot;}}}\" data-react-cache-id=\"page_section\/Columns-0\">\r\n<div class=\"page-section column-page-section cover-image-container theme-none \">\r\n<div style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\r\n<div class=\"text\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\r\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h2>Previous survey results reports<\/h2>\r\n<h3>The <a href=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/2023\/05\/survey-of-rural-challenges-2023-results.html\">2023 survey results are available here<\/a>.<\/h3>\r\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/learnto.saveyour.town\/survey-rural-challenges-2021\">analysis of the Survey of Rural Challenges 2015-2021<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/survey-of-rural-challenges-2021-results.html\">2021 survey results are available here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/survey-of-rural-challenges-2019.html\">2019 survey results are available here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/survey-of-rural-challenges-2017.html\">2017 survey results are available here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/survey-of-rural-challenges-2015-2.html\">2015 survey results are available here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<h1>Who this survey is for<\/h1>\r\n<p class=\"heading h-element undefined\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>If you live in a small town,<\/strong> you may want to see how your challenges compare to other towns.<\/p>\r\n<div class=\"text\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\r\n<p class=\"heading h-element undefined\"><strong>If you cover rural stories for any type of media, <\/strong>you want to break through shallow stereotyped coverage. It may help to hear the relative importance of different challenges to rural people.<\/p>\r\n<div class=\"text\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<p class=\"heading h-element undefined\"><strong>If you provide services or assistance to small towns in your work, <\/strong>you will want to find out more about rural people\u2019s own view of their challenges.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Methodology<\/h2>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>The Survey of Rural Challenges is open every other year. Responses were collected online from subscribers and visitors to SaveYour.Town and SmallBizSurvival.com, from media coverage and cooperating groups that publicized the survey.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>Respondents identified themselves as rural by completing the survey, and a portion identified themselves as business owners by responding to the business question. Participants included people from the USA, Canada, Australia and other international locations.<\/p>\r\n<p>Based on SaveYour.Town customer data, most respondents likely serve as community leaders and officials, work in community and economic development, own their own businesses, work in a community-oriented business or volunteer informally in their community.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>The survey is applied research based on a consistent survey protocol that supports data-driven conclusions. Similar to phenomenology, the people within the situation describe their own experiences, and there is a consensus of experiences amongst the participants or informants.<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Press and Media Information<\/h1>\r\n<h2>Media coverage<\/h2>\r\n<h3>2023<\/h3>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Presented to National Rural Housing Conference, iPoster session, October 24 &#8211; 27 in Washington DC <\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Presented to West Virginia Brownfields &amp; Main Street Conference, poster session, September 12-14 in Wheeling, WV<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<div id=\"attachment_15214\" style=\"width: 2342px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15214\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15214\" src=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-11-Becky-McCray-presents-Survey-of-Rural-Challenges-to-Dr-Mark-Balschweid-of-UNL.-poster-session-at-Rural-Renewal-Symposium.jpg\" alt=\"Becky McCray presents Survey of Rural Challenges to Dr. Mark Balschweid of University of Nebraska-Lincoln at the poster session at Oklahoma State University's Rural Renewal Symposium\" width=\"2332\" height=\"1312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-11-Becky-McCray-presents-Survey-of-Rural-Challenges-to-Dr-Mark-Balschweid-of-UNL.-poster-session-at-Rural-Renewal-Symposium.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-11-Becky-McCray-presents-Survey-of-Rural-Challenges-to-Dr-Mark-Balschweid-of-UNL.-poster-session-at-Rural-Renewal-Symposium-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-11-Becky-McCray-presents-Survey-of-Rural-Challenges-to-Dr-Mark-Balschweid-of-UNL.-poster-session-at-Rural-Renewal-Symposium-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-11-Becky-McCray-presents-Survey-of-Rural-Challenges-to-Dr-Mark-Balschweid-of-UNL.-poster-session-at-Rural-Renewal-Symposium-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2332px) 100vw, 2332px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15214\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Becky McCray shares the Survey of Rural Challenges with Dr. Mark Balschweid of University of Nebraska-Lincoln at the poster session at Oklahoma State University&#8217;s Rural Renewal Symposium.<\/p><\/div>\r\n<p><strong>Presented to Rural Renewal Symposium, Oklahoma State University, poster session, November 2-3 in rural Oklahoma\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Presented to Teeny Tiny Town Summit, Northwest Oklahoma Alliance, Q&amp;A session, October 10, Woodward, OK<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Presented by Gus Wagner to Missouri&#8217;s Electric Cooperatives communicators<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Presented by Andrew Van Leuven, Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University, to combined civic groups in Alva, Oklahoma<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/bankofideas\/hsx97odatq-8848299?e=e79ed436e6\">Survey of Rural Challenges<\/a>, Bank of I.D.E.A.S., Community &amp; Economic Development Matters, Australia<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/irjci.blogspot.com\/2023\/06\/rural-challenges-show-repeated-concerns.html\">Rural challenges show repeated concerns and a glimmer of optimism by residents, a new survey indicates<\/a>, IRJCI &#8211; Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, University of Kentucky<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyyonder.com\/survey-rural-communities-are-upbeat-about-the-future-despite-persisting-issues\/2023\/06\/14\/\">Rural Communities Are Upbeat About the Future Despite Persisting Issues<\/a>, Daily Yonder<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iedconline.org\/blog\/2023\/07\/31\/rural-development\/ed-now-feature-survey-of-rural-challenges-results-show-optimism-and-big-disconnects-and-what-economic-developers-can-do-about-it\/\">Survey of Rural Challenges Results Show Optimism and Big Disconnects (and What Economic Developers Can Do About It)<\/a>, IEDC \u2013 International Economic Development Council members only feature<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tourismcurrents.com\/rural-tourism-challenges-survey-results\/\">Rural tourism challenges and opportunities \u2013 survey results<\/a>, Tourism Currents<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwaonline.com\/news\/2023\/nov\/03\/opportunity-and-optimism\/\">Opportunity and optimism<\/a>, Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/appalachiameetsworld.podbean.com\/e\/appalachia-meets-world-episode-117-save-your-small-town-in-appalachia-and-beyond-with-deb-brown-and-becky-mccray\/\">A Small Town Never Forgets!!<\/a> on Appalachia Meets World podcast<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/buildingpossibility.com\/articles\/advice\/\">Advice to those working in small towns<\/a>, Building Possibility<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/agracel.com\/150-inside-our-industry-survey-of-rural-challenges-2023-results\/\">Inside Our Industry \u2013 Survey of Rural Challenges 2023 Results<\/a>, Agracel, Inc.<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckymccray.com\/grow-your-own-outfitters-take-advantage-of-your-natural-resources\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grow your own outfitters, take advantage of your natural resources<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Becky McCray email newsletter\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/2023\/08\/get-started-as-an-outdoor-outfitter-without-breaking-the-bank.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get started as an outdoor outfitter without breaking the bank<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, SmallBizSurvival.com<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/2023\/05\/survey-of-rural-challenges-2023-results.html\">Survey of Rural Challenges 2023 results<\/a>, Small Biz Survival<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/saveyour.town\/survey-of-rural-challenges-2023-results\/\">Survey of Rural Challenges 2023 results<\/a>, SaveYour.Town<\/li>\r\n<li>Council for Community and Economic Research, newsletter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.c2er.org\/2023\/01\/research-matters-c2er-lmi-institute-january-12-2023\/\">January 12, 2023<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>Daily Yonder email newsletter, June 14, 2023<\/li>\r\n<li>Texas Downtown Association, May member newsletter<\/li>\r\n<li>Labor Market Information Institute, newsletter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lmiontheweb.org\/research-matters-c2er-lmi-institute-january-26-2023\/\">January 26, 2023<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/2023\/02\/how-to-get-customers-in-the-door-of-small-town-and-rural-retail-stores.html\">How to get customers in the door of small town and rural retail stores<\/a>, Small Biz Survival<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>2022<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weku.org\/interviews\/2022-09-21\/todays-interview-becky-mccray-of-save-your-town-on-leadership-in-flood-stricken-eastern-kentucky\">Today\u2019s Interview: Becky McCray, of Save Your Town on leadership in flood stricken eastern Kentucky<\/a>, with Tom Martin, WEKU<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/mid-west-farm-report-madison\/save-your-small-town\">Midwest Farm Report<\/a>, \u201cSave Your Small Town,\u201d Wisconsin<\/li>\r\n<li>WOSU, All Sides with Ann Fisher,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.wosu.org\/show\/all-sides-with-ann-fisher\/2022-01-27\/changing-landscape-of-rural-america-and-small-towns\">Changing landscape of rural America and small towns<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholarworks.sfasu.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1476&amp;context=etds\">A Cleave within the Piney Woods:<\/a> Nacogdoches, Stephen F. Austin State University and How Racial Integration Divided the Town and Gown,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Stephen F. Austin State University, Texas, thesis by Caitlin R. Hornback, 2022 <\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jonescountyiowa.gov\/files\/land_use\/2022_comprehensive_plan_draft_52606.pdf\">Comprehensive Land Use Plan Update<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>Survey of Rural Challenges, Jones County Iowa, 2022<\/li>\r\n<li><em>What challenges do you face in your community and business? Tell us here,<\/em> reprinted from Small Biz Survival, Dr. Rayyan Eshaghpour, <strong>Asia<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.co.greene.pa.us\/resources\/28932\">Strategic Management Planning Program and Five-Year Financial Management Plan<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0Survey of Rural Challenges, Greene County, Pennsylvania, 2022<\/li>\r\n<li>Village of Hinckley, Illinois, <a href=\"https:\/\/hinckleyil.com\/vertical\/sites\/%7B010B6357-E152-4A43-AD03-56D178F14B55%7D\/uploads\/02-07-22_PC_FINAL_minutes_v1sk.pdf\">Planning Commission Meeting minutes<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>K-State Research and Extension email newsletter, December 2022<\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-checked=\"false\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hannahgrimescenter.activehosted.com\/index.php?action=social&amp;chash=2f29b6e3abc6ebdefb55456ea6ca5dc8.9358&amp;nosocial=1\">Radically Rural email newsletters<\/a>, Survey of Rural Challenges, December 2022<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-checked=\"false\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brushy Fork Leadership Institute email newsletter, December 2022<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li>University of Missouri Extension Engaged Neighbor Newsletter, <a href=\"https:\/\/mailer.missouri.edu\/42N5-IPMX-9D5842CC0F9DEC896OZHV7814977F908C8CAB1\/cr.aspx\">December 2022<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckymccray.com\/what-counts-as-rural\/\">What counts as rural<\/a>? Becky McCray email newsletter<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/2022\/11\/what-challenges-do-you-face-in-your-community-and-business-tell-us-here.html\">What challenges do you face in your community and business? Tell us here<\/a>, Small Biz Survival<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/buildingpossibility.com\/articles\/survey2022\/\">What challenges do you face in your community and business?<\/a> Building Possibility<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/saveyour.town\/what-challenges-does-your-community-or-business-face-tell-us-here\/\">What challenges does your community or business face? Tell us here<\/a>, SaveYour.Town<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>2021<\/h3>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Presented to Oklahoma State University Rural Renewal Symposium<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Presented to National Rural Electric Cooperatives Association<\/strong>\u00a0five\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cooperative.com\/news\/Pages\/NRECA-Regional-Meetings-for-Co-op-Leaders-Return-Next-Week.aspx\">Regional Meetings nationwide<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Book:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elgaronline.com\/display\/9781802200812.xml\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Public Policy in Contentious Times<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Peter K. Kresl, 2021, published by Edward Elgar Publishing<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Spain:<\/strong> La Informaci\u00f3n, \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lainformacion.com\/mundo\/los-millennials-urbanitas-gentrifican-el-rural-de-estados-unidos\/2837706\/\">Los \u2018millennials\u2019 urbanitas gentrifican el mundo rural de Estados Unidos<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncrpc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/resilencyplan_2021.pdf\">North Central Kansas Pandemic Recovery and Resiliency Plan<\/a>, North Central Regional Planning Commission, 2021<\/li>\r\n<li>LaJunta (Colorado) Tribune-Democrat &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lajuntatribunedemocrat.com\/story\/news\/2021\/11\/10\/saveyour-town-survey-pinpoints-small-town-needs\/6369961001\/\">SaveYour.Town Survey of Rural Challenges pinpoints small town needs<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>Cooperative Living Magazine, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.co-opliving.com\/articles\/building-community-october-2021\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=building-community-october-2021\">New Ways to Boost Rural Areas<\/a>, October 2021<\/li>\r\n<li>High Plains Journal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hpj.com\/ag_news\/speaker-shares-tips-on-tackling-rural-housing-challenges\/article_975aa522-1ade-11ec-9a3d-3353df70906b.html\">Speaker shares tips on tackling rural housing challenges: SaveYour.Town co-founder taps into sever years of surveys with small communities<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>The Pueblo West View (Colorado),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/infoweb.newsbank.com\/apps\/news\/document-view?p=AWNB&amp;docref=news\/18658B82EC4494A0\">Website co-founders create survey about small town needs<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/mid-west-farm-report-madison\/rural-towns-recover-from-pandemic\">Midwest Farm Report<\/a>, \u201cRural Towns Recover From Pandemic,\u201d Wisconsin<\/li>\r\n<li>Fowler Tribune (Colorado),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/infoweb.newsbank.com\/apps\/news\/document-view?p=AWNB&amp;docref=news\/18658AAD5580D260\">Survey narrows down small town needs<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>Rural Messenger, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruralmessenger.com\/ksre\/first-friday-speaker-shares-tips-on-tackling-rural-housing-challenges\/\">First Friday speaker shares tips on tackling rural housing challenges<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>Idaho Business Review, <a href=\"https:\/\/idahobusinessreview.com\/2021\/09\/01\/national-rural-challenges-survey-on-par-with-idahos\/\">National rural challenges survey on par with Idaho\u2019s<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>Kansas Ag Connection, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kansasagconnection.com\/story-state.php?Id=1039&amp;yr=2021\">First Friday speaker shares tips on tackling rural housing challenges<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>The Paper, Dwight, Illinois, The Corner by Tom Tock, July 2021<\/li>\r\n<li>Radically Rural email newsletter, July 2021<\/li>\r\n<li>Alberto Pan blog, <a href=\"https:\/\/albertopan.wordpress.com\/2021\/09\/29\/los-millennials-urbanitas-gentrifican-el-mundo-rural-de-estados-unidos%ef%bf%bc\/\">Los \u2018millennials\u2019 urbanitas gentrifican el mundo rural de Estados Unidos<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>Tourism Currents newsletter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tourismcurrents.com\/cheat-sheet-for-social-media-engagement-%f0%9f%a7%90\/\">June 2021<\/a>, July 2021 email newsletter<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qAbMbM7vRvI?t=15\">Small town greatness<\/a>, AARP Live, RFD-TV<\/li>\r\n<li>Miltonvale (Kansas) Record, June 2021<\/li>\r\n<li>Atchison County (Missouri) Development Corporation newsletter, June 2021 sent via Atchison County Mail newspaper saturation issue to all county residents<\/li>\r\n<li>This is Where You Belong, author Melody Warnick, email newsletter, Issue 41, June 2021<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insightonbusiness.podbean.com\/e\/survey-of-rural-challenges-with-deb-brown-becky-mccray\/\">Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie podcast<\/a>, radio 1540 KXEL<\/li>\r\n<li>Rural Route podcast with Trent Loos, May 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/fb.watch\/5C8GuYV3b-\/\">video<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/trent-loos\/episodes\/Rural-Route-Radio-May-20--2021-What-does-the-community-need-to-keep-the-small-business-open--Becky-McCray-with-full-details-e118t39\">audio<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>2020<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingprofs.com\/podcasts\/2020\/42482\/rural-business-becky-mccray-marketing-smarts\">Small Towns, Big Opportunities: Rural-Business Expert Becky McCray<\/a>, MarketingProfs podcast<\/li>\r\n<li>Big Sky Economic Development, email newsletter, December 2020<\/li>\r\n<li>Wisconsin State Representative Tony Kurtz <a href=\"https:\/\/legis.wisconsin.gov\/assembly\/50\/Kurtz\/media\/eupdates\/2020.12.10_eupdate.html\">email newsletter<\/a>, December 2020<\/li>\r\n<li>Inside Our Industry, Agracel, Inc., email newsletter, Issue 21, November 2020<\/li>\r\n<li>Cowlitz-Wahkiakum Council of Governments, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cwcog.org\/january-17-2020\/\">Weekly Reader<\/a>, January 2020<\/li>\r\n<li>Western Nevada Development District, <a href=\"https:\/\/wndd.org\/the-results-are-in\/\">The Results Are In<\/a>!<\/li>\r\n<li>LISC Rural eNews, February 2020<\/li>\r\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/shoploonies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/experience-community-10.pdf\">Small and Rural Community Marketing Program: Experience Community<\/a><\/em>, by Greg Girard, 2020<\/li>\r\n<li>Small Biz Survival,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/2020\/10\/how-has-2020-changed-the-challenges-rural-small-towns-face-tell-us-here.html\">How has 2020 changed the challenges rural small towns face? Tell us here<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>RuralRISE email update, October 2020<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/obioncounty.org\/news\/survey-of-rural-challenges\">Survey of Rural Challenges<\/a>, Obion County, Tennessee<\/li>\r\n<li>Building Possibility, <a href=\"https:\/\/buildingpossibility.com\/survey-of-rural-challenges-2020-21\/\">Survey of Rural Challenges 2020\/21<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>SaveYour.Town,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/saveyour.town\/how-has-2020-changed-the-challenges-rural-small-towns-face-tell-us-here\/\">How has 2020 changed the challenges rural small towns face? Tell us here<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>2019<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>SmallBusiness.com,<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/smallbusiness.com\/rural\/small-and-rural-businesses-2020\/\">Challenges Facing Rural and Small Town Businesses and Residents| 2020<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><strong>National Association of Development Organizations,<\/strong> email update January 2020<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/biggsuccess.com\/2019\/12\/04\/the-top-rural-small-business-challenges\/\">BIGG Success podcast<\/a> with Georgre Krueger and Mary-Lynn Foster, Survey of Rural Challenges 2019<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Radically Rural email update,<\/strong> Hannah Grimes Center for Entrepreneurship, December 2019<\/li>\r\n<li>Alva Review-Courier, December 22, 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alvareviewcourier.com\/story\/2019\/12\/22\/local\/what-do-rural-people-say-are-their-biggest-challenges\/58797.html\">What do rural people say are their biggest challenges?<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>The Agurban, an Agracel Publication &#8211; #766 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/agracel.com\/766-survey-of-rural-challenges-2019-results\/\">Survey of Rural Challenges \u2013 2019 Results<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marketingprofs\/status\/1203377643132993537\">Interesting Survey of Rural Challenges: The results don\u2019t match common stereotypes of the biggest challenges to growth rural communities face<\/a>, Ann Handley<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rebeccaundem.com\/episode34\/\">Episode 34: Co-Creation in a Small Town<\/a> \u2013 Rebecca Undem, December 2019<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>New Zealand Institute for Rural Entrepreneurship,<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzire.net\/charging-ahead-nzire-is-on-the-move-and-so-is-rural-entrepreneurship\/\">Charging ahead: NZIRE is on the move \u2013 and so is rural entrepreneurship<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/eastonedc.com\/2019\/07\/\">Economic News<\/a> &#8211; Easton Economic Development Corporation, December 2019<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Daily Yonder, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyyonder.com\/speak-rural-america-say-small-town-business-consultants\/2019\/07\/04\/\">\u2018Speak Up, Rural America,\u2019 Say Small-Town Business Consultants<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Rural Assembly,<\/strong> email update July 2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/myemail.constantcontact.com\/-Preaching-Faith-in-Democracy-.html?soid=1105786650874&amp;aid=VmulNwrkd58\">Survey of Rural Challenges open through July 30<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>The Rural Blog,\u00a0<strong>Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/irjci.blogspot.com\/2019\/07\/survey-of-rural-challenges-open-through.html\">Survey of Rural Challenges, open through July 30, helps widely scattered rural communities share ideas<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ruralhousing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/August-2019.pdf\">Rural Delivery newsletter<\/a>, New York State Rural Housing Coalition, Inc, <a href=\"https:\/\/ruralhousing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/August-2019.pdf\">August 2019<\/a>, Survey of Rural Challenges<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archinect.com\/features\/article\/150122760\/the-rise-of-the-rural-millennial\">The Rise of the Rural Millennial<\/a>, Archinect, Feb 2019<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bbhousing.org\/2019\/02\/21\/the-rise-of-the-rural-millennial\/\">The Rise of the Rural Millennial<\/a>, BBHousing.org reprinted from Archinet<\/li>\r\n<li>The Hoptown Chronicle (Kentucky) \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hoptownchronicle.org\/survey-of-rural-challenges-open-through-july-30-lets-people-in-small-towns-share-ideas\/\">Survey of Rural Challenges, open through July 30, lets people in small towns share ideas<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>The Agurban, an Agracel Publication &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/agracel.com\/744-survey-of-rural-challenges\/\">Survey of Rural Challenges<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>2018<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>International Association of Community Development,\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cSurvey of Rural Challenges 2017: What small town people in the US and Canada see as their biggest challenges and what topics they most want help with,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iacdglobal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/PI10-ONLINE-FINAL.pdf\"><em>Practice Insights<\/em>\u00a0issue 10<\/a>, March 2018<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Main Street America,<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainstreet.org\/viewdocument\/state-of-main-2018-hi-res\">State of Main 2018<\/a>, The Future of Retail<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/invisionmag.com\/population-smallsville\/\">Population Smallsville<\/a>, Invision Magazine, June 2018<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/infoweb.newsbank.com\/apps\/news\/document-view?p=AWNB&amp;docref=news\/169646864F9132F0\">Rural challenges<\/a>, McClusky Gazette, North Dakota<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/infoweb.newsbank.com\/apps\/news\/document-view?p=AWNB&amp;docref=news\/169501C5795B7CA8\">Survey draws interest<\/a>, McClusky Gazette, North Dakota<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>2017<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/smallbusiness.com\/trends\/rural-millennials\/\">How Small and Rural Towns Can Attract, Retail Millennials<\/a>, SmallBusiness.com<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>South Dakota Public Broadcasting,<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdpb.org\/blogs\/margins\/saving-small-town-south-south-dakota\/\">Saving Small Town South South Dakota<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/infoweb.newsbank.com\/apps\/news\/document-view?p=AWNB&amp;docref=news\/16935776910C22C0\">Survey of Rural Challenges 2017<\/a>, McLean County Journal (North Dakota)<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/collabdev.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Renewed-Interest-A-Fresh-Look-at-the-Rural-Church.pdf\">Renewed Interest: A Fresh Look at the Rural Church<\/a>, Collaborative Development International, December 2017<\/li>\r\n<li>McClusky Gazette, North Dakota, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bhgnews.com\/newspapers\/mccluskygazette\/mcclusky-gazette-news\/survey-of-rural-challenges-2017\/\">Survey of Rural Challenges 2017<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>2015<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>EntreWorks &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/entreworks.net\/blog\/challenges-for-rural-retail\/\">Challenges for Rural Retail<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>Agurban &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agracel.com\/568-what-rural-people-say-they-need\/\">What rural people say they need<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>Tourism Currents &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tourismcurrents.com\/small-town-tourism-challenges-survey-says\/\">Small town tourism challenges? Survey says\u2026<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>Small Biz Survival &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/2015\/12\/what-rural-people-say-they-need-the-survey-of-rural-challenges.html\">What rural people say they need: the Survey of Rural Challenges<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>Republic County Kansas Economic Development &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.republiccountykansas.com\/what-rural-people-say-they-need\/\">What rural people say they need<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n<li>NeedALittleAdvice &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/needalittleadvice.com\/saveyour-town-update\/\">SaveYour.Town update<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Origin of the Survey of Rural Challenges<\/h2>\r\n<div style=\"width: 1280px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-9878-1\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Survey-origin-and-disconnect-42sec.mp4?_=1\" \/><track srclang=\"en\" label=\"English\" kind=\"subtitles\" src=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/origin-captions.vtt\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Survey-origin-and-disconnect-42sec.mp4\">https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Survey-origin-and-disconnect-42sec.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking: Becky McCray, creator of the Survey of Rural Challenges.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The very first time I ran the Survey of Rural Challenges, I was only asking people what topics they wanted me to write about on my site Small Biz Survival. That\u2019s why the questions say things like \u201cwhich of these would you be most excited to learn more about.\u201d I never expected to share the results as a public report.\u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once I read what people told me about their towns, the challenges they were facing, and what they most wanted help with, I realized that other people needed to see this, especially people and organizations who serve small towns.\u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For some reason, a lot of the services and assistance that I saw offered to small towns simply didn\u2019t match what the people themselves were saying they most wanted help with.\u00a0<\/span><\/blockquote>\r\n<h2>\u00a0<\/h2>\r\n<h2>About\u00a0SaveYour.Town<\/h2>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/saveyour.town\/\">SaveYour.Town<\/a> believes small towns can be saved by their own people using their existing assets. Deb Brown and Becky McCray joined forces in May 2015 to help small towns and rural communities thrive. They deliver speeches and presentations internationally, lead site visits and community brainstorming sessions, and create online videos and short courses of practical steps that can be put into action right away.<\/p>\r\n<h2>About Small Biz Survival<\/h2>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/\">SmallBizSurvival.com<\/a> publishes practical articles for rural small businesses. It was founded in January 2006 by Becky McCray from Oklahoma. Over the 14 years it has achieved top ranking among small business blogs on sites like Technorati, Invesp BlogRank and BizHumm, and it continues to appear on lists of top small business blogs. For her work as publisher, McCray has been named one of the Power Players in Technology Business Media and a Small Business Influencer Journalist four times.<\/p>\r\n<h2>About Becky McCray<\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Becky McCray<\/strong> is a lifelong small-town entrepreneur. As co-founder of Save Your.Town, she shares insights from her real-world experience as a business owner and cattle rancher. Throughout her career, rural has been the focus. She managed a retail store, served as city administrator and nonprofit executive, bought and sold antiques and taught classes in business and technology. Her practical perspective is featured at her highly-ranked website, Small Biz Survival, and in her award-winning book, Small Town Rules. She\u2019s been featured and quoted in books, newspapers, magazines, blogs, podcasts and university publications. She makes her home base in Hopeton, Oklahoma, a community of 30 people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<h2>About Deb Brown<\/h2>\r\n<p><strong>Deb Brown<\/strong> is a small town enthusiast and expert for small towns. Her practical approach for getting communities into action right away has been shared at national conferences, local visits, service organizations and everything in between. Her wealth of experience includes foreign casualty insurance underwriting, bartending, retail management, selling knives around the US, leading a chamber and working with small towns. Deb has lived in tiny towns, small towns, small cities and a major metro city. She\u2019s come home to a small town and travels to many other rural communities to help. She collaborates with Becky McCray at SaveYour.Town and has her own business www.BuildingPossibility.com.<\/p>\r\n<h2>Photos and Logos<\/h2>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Survey-of-Rural-Challenges.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13626\" src=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Survey-of-Rural-Challenges-300x98.png\" alt=\"Survey of Rural Challenges\" width=\"300\" height=\"98\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Survey-of-Rural-Challenges-300x98.png 300w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Survey-of-Rural-Challenges-800x262.png 800w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Survey-of-Rural-Challenges-768x251.png 768w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Survey-of-Rural-Challenges.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> The Survey of Rural Challenges is brought to you by Becky McCray and Deb Brown, and by SmallBizSurvival.com and SaveYour.Town<\/p>\r\n<div id=\"attachment_13372\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-06-Becky-McCray-and-Deb-Brown-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13372\" class=\"wp-image-13372 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-06-Becky-McCray-and-Deb-Brown-1a-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Becky McCray and Deb Brown with downtown buildings in the background\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-06-Becky-McCray-and-Deb-Brown-1a-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-06-Becky-McCray-and-Deb-Brown-1a-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-06-Becky-McCray-and-Deb-Brown-1a.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13372\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Becky McCray and Deb Brown. <a href=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-06-Becky-McCray-and-Deb-Brown-1-scaled.jpg\">Click for higher res version<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/SaveYour.Town-logo-h-v3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13374 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/SaveYour.Town-logo-h-v3-300x110.jpg\" alt=\"Save Your dot Town logotype\" width=\"300\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/SaveYour.Town-logo-h-v3-300x110.jpg 300w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/SaveYour.Town-logo-h-v3-800x293.jpg 800w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/SaveYour.Town-logo-h-v3-768x281.jpg 768w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/SaveYour.Town-logo-h-v3-1536x563.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/SaveYour.Town-logo-h-v3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13375 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Small-Biz-Survival-logotype-300x189.png\" alt=\"Small Biz Survival: The Rural and Small Town Business Resource\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Small-Biz-Survival-logotype-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Small-Biz-Survival-logotype.png 302w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<h2>Website and social media links<\/h2>\r\n<p>This Survey Results Page and News Room:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/survey<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p>LinkedIn:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/small-biz-survival\/\">Small Biz Surviva<\/a>l, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/saveyourtown\">SaveYour.Town<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Twitter: @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sbsurvival\">SBSurvival<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/saveyourtown\">@SaveYourTown<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Instagram: @<a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/saveyourtown\">SaveYourTown<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Facebook:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SmallBizSurvival\">Small Biz Survival<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SaveYourTown\">SaveYour.Town<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2>For more info contact<\/h2>\r\n<p>Becky McCray<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>becky@smallbizsurvival.com<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Deb Brown<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>deb@saveyour.town<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What small town people see as their biggest challenges And what topics rural people most want help with \u201cI wait every year for the results of this rural survey to help us align our work at Crowdfund Better with what rural businesses need. 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