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Smith, Stephen M. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1985
Discusses service industries' role in developing economies of rural areas. Describes ways service industries generate employment and local income and blend with a local economy. Summarizes survey of contributions to local economies and what attracted them to their communities for 385 service firms in nonmetropolitan Wisconsin. Tables provide…
Descriptors: Community Development, Municipalities, Rural Areas, Rural Development
Grim, Valerie; Effland, Anne B. W. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1997
Brooks Farm is an independent Black farming community unique in the Mississippi Delta. A community case study shows that, despite declining population and resources, Brooks Farm has drawn on the strength of its traditional institutions (family, churches, civic groups) to sustain community life and to continue to provide services to the elderly,…
Descriptors: Black Community, Community Action, Community Development, Community Services
Reed, B. J.; Paulsen, David F. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1990
A survey of 135 small towns in Nebraska found that half had undertaken economic development projects; development activity and success were related to community size (with the smallest communities lacking both local resources and outside support); and most community leaders perceived their development efforts as unproductive. (SV)
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Development, Community Leaders, Community Planning
Salamon, Sonya – Rural Development Perspectives, 1989
Compares traits and attitudes of two Illinois farming communities with populations characterized as "German yeoman" and "Yankee entrepreneur." Discusses how community characteristics shape responses to social and economic changes and affect the course of economic development. (SV)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Development
