Small Biz Friday: Franklin County Conservation
The staff at Franklin County Conservation is dedicated to maintaining our parks and recreation area, providing an addition to our quality of life, educating people about conservation, and protecting our natural heritage. It’s weighty work and they do an amazing job of it. You can find more information on their website. Today we have guest…
Holiday Shopping
LivePerson has provided this infographic and press release that talks about holiday shopping this season. It makes sense for larger cities – the number correlate well. I wonder though, how it fits for small towns? Does shopping local play a bigger role in small towns? What do you think?
Small Town Opportunity for Connections
The historic Fox Theatre in Hutchinson, Kansas will host the 3rd State of Now/140 Character Conference on November 8. Becky McCray and Jeff Pulver are producing a day of presentations by over 50 different speakers. Topics include Agriculture, Media, Business, Tourism, music, politics, culture, education and more. Each 10-minute presentation will cover how the State…
Small Biz Friday: The Windsor Theatre
The Windsor Theatre in Hampton, Iowa is a non-profit organization. It’s housed in a brick building that also includes four apartments, a basement where a portion is used by the Jaycees as a meeting hall and an office. The building was constructed in 1917 and they are celebrating 100 years of being in business. Back…
Prairie Silence
Melanie Hoffert … remember that name. She’s a writer and I’ve had the pleasure of reading her first book. Prairie Silence. Her story tracks much like mine. She couldn’t wait to leave the rural home and head to the big city. And now that she’s acquired a place in that new,brave world – she’s missing…
Offline and Online Marketing
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Who’s Buried in Grant’s Tomb?
On Fridays we generally post Small Biz Friday. This guest post is by a small business owner, Pat Palmer, The Computer Guy. You can read about his business by clicking here. However, as most small business owners know, it’s important to be involved in the community you live in. Small businesses, pay taxes locally, donate…
Headstones in the Parking Lot
Tuesday night Hope Polk posted a picture of a headstone on Facebook. It was a headstone found in a parking lot. I smelled a story brewing. El Valle is fixing their parking lot and it involves tearing up the old pavement lot and laying down new concrete. During the tearing up part the crew found…
Harvest of Love
When thinking of writing in the month of October, naturally my first thought was the activity synonymous with this time of year…harvest. We were blessed with great weather for the harvest season, as well as better than expected crop yields. But “harvest” has taken on a new meaning to me since I became friends with…
Blog Action Day: The Power of We
Bloggers around the world today are posting on Blog Action Day. it started in 2007 and the global topic today is The Power of We. I believe in thinking global and buying local. I live in a community of 10,000 people in my entire county, and our livelihoods are dependent on residents buying local. This…