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A blog from the Center for Small Towns, a community outreach organization operated through the University of Minnesota, Morris. The Center prides itself on meeting the needs of small towns and organizations through a flexible, multi-faceted, community focused approach.

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600 East 4th Street
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Month: November 2015

The Present and Future of Rural Childcare: Part I

Rebecca Haider is CST’s Data Services and Outreach Coordinator at the Center for Small Towns for the last 2.5 years, with a focus on rural data, surveys, and quantative analysis. This is the first part of a multipart series on childcare in rural communities throughout the state.

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Student Voices: Creating Easily Accessible Rural Data

Ricky Rojas, a UMM senior, writes about his work with CST to create an online portal to rural data. Ricky breaks down not only the work, and how important rural demographics is, but also the human element in all CST’s data projects.

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Opening a Small Business & Rural Economic Life

CST staff member Kelly Asche shares about his own experiences opening a rural business and what he’s learned.

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