A Few Videos
TEDx is an international community that organizes TED-style events anywhere and everywhere — celebrating locally-driven ideas and elevating them to a global stage. Brookings, SD TEDx invited Deb to speak about the Tour of Empty Buildings – TEDx Brookings (8 minutes)
Visit with Sharon Frerichs, Mayor of Akron, Iowa. Deb was there for an Embedded Community Experience. This video highlights the events, businesses and highlights since Deb’s visit. (20 minutes)
Developing Resilient Communities: The Idea Friendly Method with Becky McCray, virtual, Limestone Bluffs RC&D, 2021 (52 minutes)
A recap of the SMTulsa presentation in 2018, on Building Possibility. SMTulsa is THE social media and business conference in the heartland, and Deb has spoken the last two years. (52 minutes)
RuralX is a unique rural celebration designed to bring rural champions together from across the region to boost rural economic and community development. Becky and Deb keynoted at the inaugural RuralX and returned the following year to keynote again. Rural X Summit, Closing Keynote (12 minutes)
Deb brought an Embedded Community Experience to Belle Fourche, SD and keynoted at the end of the visit. This short piece is a Belle Fourche, SD Discussion on Creating Workspaces (4 minutes)
RuralX Innovative Rural Business Models (about 30 minutes)
Video Short one and half minute of Empty Buildings Tour
Wisconsin Rural Partners Workshop – Becoming an Idea Friendly Town two hours
Helping you solve your small town challenges
Small Town Specialist – Deb Brown, cofounder of SaveYour.Town and create of Building Possibility, is your small town specialist.
Iowa Ideas into Action presentation
You did an excellent job getting the party started!
Erik Reader, Illinois Main Street commenting about opening keynote
Congrats to Grundy Center, Iowa! Their Tour of Dreams won a Main Street award. I was excited to visit them and help them by sharing my experience filling empty buildings, giving tips from our empty buildings toolkit, pointing out easier ways to proceed, and touring their town.
Visiting towns and helping them make their ideas happen is one of the very best things I get to do!
Radio
Interview with Canadian Broadcast Corporation about the Tour of Empty Buildings
All Sides with Ann Fisher: Changing Landscape of Rural America and Small Towns
Interview with Michael Libbie on Insight on Business
Interview August, 2018 about Rural That Works
Interview April 25, 2017 on Insight on Business: The News Hour
Webinars
Rural Housing Webinar with Ben Winchester
Filling Empty Buildings for Kansas State Research and Extension
Marketing in a Small Town for Kansas State Research and Extension
Rural Communities Agrilife.org
East Kentucky: Jackson County and Grayson, KY
Podcast
Innovation in Small Town America with Cliff Carlson
Econ Dev Show Interview with Dane Carlson
Episode 12 of Rusty Water Towers
“Rural Towns Recover From Pandemic” Midwest Farm Report, Pam Jahnke
Deb and Ken Burgin in Australia
Proud Places with Jeff Siegler
A common sense approach to reinvigorating America
Rural Business: Episode 34 with Ben Rowley
Podcast with Develop This – Economic and Community Development Episode 237
Podcast at Small Town Big Talk
Podcast with George and MaryLynn at BIGG Success
Podcast with Sherry Borzo from Storied Gifts
Podcast with Des Walsh talking about Leadership in Small Towns
In the Moment – Rural X Update
Digital Homesteading with Scott Meyer
Visual Documentation and Graphic Recording
Adams County, Washington invited Deb for an Embedded Community Experience. The final presentation of her findings was help in Ritzville, Washington. The visual documentation of Reviving Rural Downtowns recap of a 2 hour presentation on Solutions for Small Towns, was created by Anne Nelson.
Written and Online Coverage:
Riverbender News about Illinois Main Street
Rural Development Updates from Iowa City, Iowa
Agracel article about keeping youth
Survey of Rural Challenges mention in Illinois
Research of the Disparities in the Process of Revitalization of Brownfields in Small Towns and Cities: Szeligova, Natalie, Marek Teichmann, and Frantisek Kuda. 2021. "Research of the Disparities in the Process of Revitalization of Brownfields in Small Towns and Cities" Sustainability 13, no. 3: 1232. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13031232 https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/3/1232
Doctoral dissertation 2019, Szeligova, Natalie, Báňská College – Technical University Of Ostrava, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Republic. "Research of the Disparities in the Process of Revitalization of Brownfields in Small Towns and Cities" [PDF] Výzkum disparit v procesu revitalizace brownfields v malých obcích a městech N Szeligová - 2019 - core.ac.uk https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/237018381.pdf
Reimaging Rural Presentations from Montana Extension
Ekalaka Eagle - Reimagining Rural
Miles City - Reimagining Rural
Choteau News - Reimagining Rural in Montana
Update from Swift County, MN - action being taken after my visit there! https://rpb.li/fDxO
Pine City Press - Recap from GPS:4593 presentation
County Star Minnesota recap
How a Tour of Empty Buildings Saved a Small Town by the Canadian Broadcast System
Citizens Institute of Rural Design Newsletter - Building Possibility shared notes from “Placemaking in Small and Rural Communities”, a virtual event hosted by the University of Kentucky and USDA.
West Central Tribune Recap of Swift County, MN Visit
Filmore County Tour of Empty Buildings “Sharing a newspaper article from our recent Tour of Business Opportunities, which was coordinated after I watched your video series. Thank you for the great idea! I gave you credit when I talked to the reporter, and they mentioned you in the article. The event drew a lot of attention beforehand and afterwards. We have several business owners at retirement age, as well as a few who have relocated businesses to new sites or new construction in town, so our downtown has several properties for sale. This tour was very much needed, and we continue to strive for positivity. This link on our website provided the event details
Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Newsletter
Technology and Rural Development in Portugal Interview
Ag Journal about Siebert CO closed grocery store
NRECA Announcement of Regional Meeting Speakers
Courier Post: Communities Learn About 'Idea Friendly' Method for Success
Targeted Small Business Newsletter
Gary Wood, Belle Fourche SD Chamber Year End Review
Adams County, Washington 2018 Magazine
The Old Geezer Club in Akron, Iowa
Renewed Interest: A Fresh Look at the Rural Church, Collaborative Development International
Innovative Downtown Businesses
The Crescent News in Defiance, Ohio
Results of an ECE in Webster City, Iowa
Southern Oregon Business Journal
Rural Telecom Magazine – Small but Strong: Strategies for Business Success in Rural America
- National speakers urge RuralX17 registration. American News (Aberdeen, SD). July 7, 2017.
- Ross E. A “friend” to small businesses: Facebook, Twitter tools topic of summit planned to meet rural challenges. Hutchinson News, The (KS). March 7, 2010
- For Radically Rural, Keene transformed into a conference center
- News By: Hubbard, Sierra. Keene Sentinel, The (NH). 09/29/2018. , Database: Newspaper Source Plus
- National speakers urge RuralX17 registration American News (Aberdeen, SD). 07/07/2017.
- Diverse offerings on tap at Radically Rural summit Keene Sentinel, The (NH). 08/05/2018.
- Ticket sales open for Radically Rural Summit By: Holt, William. Keene Sentinel, The (NH). 07/28/2018.
- CEDA meeting highlights struggles smaller communities face By: Todd, Brian. Post-Bulletin (Rochester, MN). 06/17/2021.
- Expert: Small towns should take bold, small steps By: Featherstone, Charles H., Columbia Basin Herald (Moses Lake, WA), Sep 22, 2017
- Fostoria, Ohio
- The Freedom Call, Sept 28, 2023. "From Photos to Action"
Other Mentions
Dustin Ingram Dissertation For Sale or Rent: Preventing Demolition by Neglect in Iowa in Iowa's Downtowns page 44-45
If You Could Live Anywhere by Melody Warnick
Radically Rural email newsletter, A Year in Review 2022,
A Cleave within the Piney Woods: Nacogdoches, Stephen F. Austin State University and How Racial Integration Divided the Town and Gown, Stephen F. Austin State University, Texas, thesis by Caitlin R. Hornback, 2022
Book: Public Policy in Contentious Times by Peter K. Kresl, 2021, published by Edward Elgar Publishing
Visit the Square page that shares the story Made In Iowa. Deb was instrumental in the process. https://squareup.com/dreams/webster-city
Creative Uses for Downtown Buildings in Small Towns, University of Wisconsin Extension and Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, Bill Ryan, Emily Lutz, and Melissa Kono of UW-Extension, with Errin Welty of WEDC, contributed profiles of “Retail Incubator: The Village” and “Outdoor Retail Marketplace: Tionesta Market Village” 2017