THE RURBAN FRINGE

Health Care Partnership Benefits Rural Community

The Town of High River announced a landmark partnership this week at a sod-turning ceremony for a unique, rural medical centre designed to draw new doctors into their area and improve access to services into the future.
The centre, borne of efforts between the Town of High River, the Municipal District of Foothills and local family and emergency [...]

Rural America Outsourcing

A growing number of U.S. companies are saying good-bye to Bangalore, India and hello to America’s boondocks, writes Nathaniel Cahners Hindman in the Huffington Post. 
Rural America connects U.S. workers who live in regions with low living costs and low wages with companies that outsource IT, marketing and design projects … [providing] “American talent who are [...]

New Report Tackles Smart Growth in Rural Communities

While rural landscapes across the country vary widely, many rural communities face the dilemma of how to support growth while maintaining their rural identity.  A new report, Putting Smart Growth to Work in Rural Communities, commissioned by the International City/County Management Association under an agreement with the US Environmental Protection Agency, seeks to answer those [...]

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