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The best way for a small town to grow its economy is to tend to the businesses and entrepreneurs that are already there. Read More »

To help you get to know your partners in rural revitalization a bit better, we’re starting this regular feature of Dakotafire’s participating newspapers. Read More »

Response to a David Newquist column. Read More »

Stepping into Quilter’s Corner is entering a sea of well-organized color designed to get creative juices flowing. Read More »

A look at current census numbers shows that Faulk County is facing a lot of the same challenges as its neighbors: Outmigration of young people and a declining population overall. But community leaders are also working on a whole series of initiatives that are moving the community forward a step or two at a time. Read More »

While The Potting Shed just completed its third season, Cindy Kopecky said she’d been thinking and dreaming about opening the business for quite a few years before that. Read More »

Kelly Melius was farming, living on the place where he grew up, when one of his landlords put 1,000 acres of land he was renting into the Conservation Reserve Program with little warning. He knew he had to create a part-time job for himself. Read More »

Don Macke of the Center for Rural Entrepreneurship and Beth Davis of Dakota Resources shared a few ideas for where a community should start if they want to build up their own community of entrepreneurs. Read More »

Chad Homan explains the beginning of his business this way: “My brother Brian and I decided to start a business together, and we wanted to do something that we both liked and would properly showcase the talents the good Lord gave us.” Read More »

A new companion site to Dakotafire.net is launching today. Join the conversation to help revive our rural communities! Read More »