When a business owner decides it’s time to retire or transition, the decision is often deeply personal and carries considerable emotional weight. What are the most important issues to consider? How do you best manage relationships with — and concerns from — employees and family members?
What businesses in your area? Learn about your county's share of new businesses and how it may compare with other areas.
Educators' expertise helps a rural community move a critical housing project for adults 55 and older from ideation to reality.
A festival can transform a community, but once the crowds leave, a question may linger for community leaders: What was the actual impact?
Community leaders knew road closures and detours may reduce visitors and affect local businesses. Learn how their planning kept residents informed and made visitors feel welcome.
Local festivals and community events do more than draw a crowd. Learn ways to measure their impact to your local economy.
An Extension analysis shows strong economic returns with visitors at the heart of the event.
Property values saw the greatest growth in the most rural counties in Minnesota between 2021 and 2024.
Rural counties outpace urban areas in wealth growth — but both face critical window for ensuring assets stay within local communities.
Across Minnesota and Wisconsin, entrepreneurship is alive and well — and, in many cases, thriving more in rural communities than in urban ones.
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