Innovative Rural Business Models

Wednesday, July 9th | 2:00-3:00 PM

You don’t have to settle for a normal business. Rural businesses are exploring new shapes, new locations, and new ways of doing business, including pop-ups, shared buildings, businesses inside of other businesses, and more. Entrepreneurs are using these smaller-scale experiments and tests to learn what works before making a huge investment.

Join us for a virtual roundtable as Becky McCray and Deb Brown from SaveYour.Town guide us through the Innovative Rural Business Models. They will give examples of small towns already using them. Not only are entrepreneurs interested in these potential models, but local leaders also can put them to work spurring new business development and supporting fuller participation in the local economy.

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How a North Carolina County is Fixing Rural Voting Deserts

Wednesday, August 13th | 2:00-3:00 PM

When she was about to vote and couldn’t find any information about the local candidates in her rural town, Cindy Elmore knew there was a problem. So she started a website and sought out information about all the local candidates in her North Carolina county. Join us to learn about this free, nonpartisan resource available to voters 24/7 in the weeks leading up to each campaign and how YOU might be able to replicate it in your own community.

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