THE RURBAN FRINGE

Focus on Creating Value for Local Customers

I’ve heard it said there is no silver bullet to sustainable living, but rather a toolbox to pick and choose your methods from.
One method of mine is to ‘buy local’ as I view sustainable consumerism as intentional consumerism. 
Yet on the flip side, virtually no local economies today are fully self-sustaining.  Cheap manufacturing elsewhere, cheap big box [...]

Breaking Myths About the Economic Contribution of Rural Communities

I love studies.  And this one, Breaking Myths About the Economic Contribution of Rural Communities, demonstrates how rural communities – and especially communities located in the rural-urban fringe – continue to play an important role in larger economies (based on recent research undertaken in Quebec).
Unfortunately, the 140 page study is only available in French.  However, [...]

Save Your Local Economy

What are three local businesses you would hate to lose from your community?  Got them in your mind?  Great.  Okay, now commit to spending $50 amoung those three places each month.  Ta-da!!  You’re saving your local economy!
Sounds simple, doesn’t it?  It is … and all it takes is you.
A growing movement called the 3/50 project [...]

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