THE RURBAN FRINGE

Making the Most of Conferences

Well, I’m off to Growing Rural Tourism 2011 … and with warmer weather approaching and seminars, conferences and workshops springing up all over the place, my online colleague Becky McCray – at Small Biz Survival – has put together a great series of posts on how to get the best bang for your buck when choosing, [...]

Community Development Program Expanded

The Government of Canada has made changes to the Community Development Program, Building Rural and Northern Partnerships, an initiative designed to improve the economic opportunities in rural and northern areas.  The addition of a new component to the program will allow rural communities to move forward and actually implement local initiatives and strategic activities.
From the media release:
“Planning [...]

Pedestrian Aggressiveness Syndrome

Here’s another reason to love the rurban life … lack of pedestrian rage. 
A University of Hawaii researcher says Pedestrian Aggressiveness Syndrome is a real ‘condition’ and demonstrates these traits:

Having denigrating thoughts about other pedestrians
Walking by a slower moving pedestrian and cutting back too soon
Feeling competitive with other pedestrians
Acting in a hostile manner (staring, presenting a mean face, moving [...]

Partnership Trains Rural Docs

A new program in rural Kentucky is trying to get more physicians practicing in rural areas and improve rural residents access to health care. 
The Rural Physician Leadership Program (RPLP) is the result of a partnership between the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Morehead State University and St. Claire Regional Medical Centre in Morehead.  The university and the [...]

3 Words to Live By: 2011

It’s that time of year again … when New Year’s resolutions ripen and owners of fitness centres and authors of self-help books reap obscene profits.  Being in the anti-resolution category myself, I’m once again choosing three themes to help provide focus and clarity for my activities this year.
This year’s words are:  Foster.  Challenge.  Change.
I’ve big [...]

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