THE RURBAN FRINGE

Recession = Rise of the Entrepreneur

With the recession on the top of everyone’s minds these days, it’s often hard to see a silver lining amoungst all the clouds.
But a recession can be a great opportunity to cultivate your entrepreneurial spirit and develop or grow a business idea from the ground up. 
Even during a recession, people and businesses spend money.
Vivek Wadhwa, a successful [...]

Exploring Rurban Art – Mandy Budan

I believe that artistic and cultural activities strongly contribute to the quality of life and the social and economic vitality of many rural and rurban communities in Canada … and across the world.
With this in mind, I’m pleased to launch a limited online series exploring rurban art – from the unique perspective of rural and [...]

Alberta Heritage Fund: Another Lost Opportunity

Ouch.  The Government of Alberta just released their 2009 budget … with a $4.7 billion deficit.  This one’s gonna hurt, folks.
Released simultaneously (albeit, with much less fanfare) was the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund 2009 – 2012 Business Plan.  Created by Peter Lougheed in the 1970s, the fund seeks to hold and invest the provincial government’s revenue take, theoretically [...]

The Grass is Always Greener on the Other Side

A recent American survey on social and demographic trends completed by The Pew Research Center- a non-partisan U.S. think tank – finds that almost half of the American public would rather live in a different type of community than the one they are currently living in now … a sentiment that is most prevalent among [...]

A Demographic Winter

Demographic Winter – a startling documentary released only last year – explores a quietly growing crisis … the rapid, worldwide decline in birth rates and the related impacts this will have on countries, cultures and citizens.
If demography really is our destiny, then this should be enough to cause concern … at all levels of society.  View the [...]

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