{"id":117,"date":"2024-07-11T01:08:37","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T01:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/powerhousetips.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/11\/2024-survey-of-rural-challenges-is-open-2\/"},"modified":"2024-07-11T01:08:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T01:08:37","slug":"2024-survey-of-rural-challenges-is-open-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/powerhousetips.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/11\/2024-survey-of-rural-challenges-is-open-2\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Survey of Rural Challenges Is Open!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These\u00a010 questions\u00a0will provide information <a href=\"https:\/\/powerhousetips.com\/setc-express\">edition<\/a> many organizations and people on what is challenging for rural communities. Are you rural? This survey is for you. SmallBizSurvival.com and SaveYour.Town are conducting the 10th-anniversary edition of the Survey of Rural Challenges! Take the Survey of Rural Challenges. Spread the word Could you help us spread the word on [\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>These\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/saveyour.<a href=\"https:\/\/powerhousetips.com\/setc-express\">edition<\/a>wn\/survey2024&#8243;>10 questions<\/a>\u00a0will provide information <a href=\"https:\/\/powerhousetips.com\/setc-express\">edition<\/a> many organizations and people on what is challenging for rural communities. Are you rural? This survey is for you.<\/p>\n<p>SmallBizSurvival.com and SaveYour.Town are conducting the 10th-anniversary edition of the Survey of Rural Challenges! <a href=\"https:\/\/saveyour.<a href=\"https:\/\/powerhousetips.com\/setc-express\">edition<\/a>wn\/survey2024&#8243;>Take the Survey of Rural Challenges<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h1>Spread the word<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Could you help us spread the word on the Survey of Rural Challenges <a href=\"https:\/\/powerhousetips.com\/setc-express\">edition<\/a> as many people as possible? You could repost, add <a href=\"https:\/\/powerhousetips.com\/setc-express\">edition<\/a> your newsletter, print it in the local newspaper or share in meetings and presentations now through the end of May 2024.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Share this link <a href=\"https:\/\/powerhousetips.com\/setc-express\">edition<\/a> share the survey: https:\/\/saveyour.<a href=\"https:\/\/powerhousetips.com\/setc-express\">edition<\/a>wn\/survey2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Why you want <a href=\"https:\/\/powerhousetips.com\/setc-express\">edition<\/a> take the Survey<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Your answers <a href=\"https:\/\/powerhousetips.com\/setc-express\">edition<\/a> the Survey of Rural Challenges will:<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Prepare better services for rural communities<\/strong>.<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_15401\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15401\" class=\"wp-image-15401 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Top-5-Rural-Challenges-300x251.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Top-5-Rural-Challenges-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Top-5-Rural-Challenges-800x671.png 800w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Top-5-Rural-Challenges-768x644.png 768w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Top-5-Rural-Challenges.png 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-15401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2023 Top Five Rural Challenges<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201c<em>It gives us great insight as we continue <a href=\"https:\/\/powerhousetips.com\/setc-express\">edition<\/a> refine our services geared <a href=\"https:\/\/powerhousetips.com\/setc-express\">edition<\/a>ward small rural communities.<\/em>\u201d\u00a0Marci Goodwin from Peoria IL said on LinkedIn<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Help others <a href=\"https:\/\/powerhousetips.com\/setc-express\">edition<\/a> know what the real issues are in rural communities.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>&#8220;As we work <a href=\"https:\/\/powerhousetips.com\/setc-express\">edition<\/a> listen and then tackle these important issues, data like this is extremely helpful.<\/em> &#8220;Jason Duff<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Assist those working in rural <a href=\"https:\/\/powerhousetips.com\/setc-express\">edition<\/a> make changes that will matter.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>\u201cI am experimenting with an organizational pivot <a href=\"https:\/\/powerhousetips.com\/setc-express\">edition<\/a>wards expert entrepreneur coaching for rural co-operatives\u2019 rural businesses and away from supporting written business plans. Your survey results and our conversations helped me clarify how we describe that.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Heather Hallgrimson, Saskatchewan, Canada<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Have results that will help other organizations address the needs of rural people.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>&#8220;Save Your.Town and Small Biz Survival\u2019s Survey of Rural Challenges noted Rural business people needed help with marketing, starting a business, or receiving economic development incentives.&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Lack of housing, inactive down<a href=\"https:\/\/powerhousetips.com\/setc-express\">edition<\/a>wns, population losses, losing young people, and childcare ranked the highest as rural community challenges. What are the next steps we need <a href=\"https:\/\/powerhousetips.com\/setc-express\">edition<\/a> take in Cassel<a href=\"https:\/\/powerhousetips.com\/setc-express\">edition<\/a>n (besides the grocery s<a href=\"https:\/\/powerhousetips.com\/setc-express\">edition<\/a>re because I know that\u2019s what you\u2019re going <a href=\"https:\/\/powerhousetips.com\/setc-express\">edition<\/a> say and the need for a grocery s<a href=\"https:\/\/powerhousetips.com\/setc-express\">edition<\/a>re is a given)?&#8221;<\/em> Char Gust, Cassel<a href=\"https:\/\/powerhousetips.com\/setc-express\">edition<\/a>n City Council Member<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Direct the conversation in important ways.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>&#8220;If you care about rural people and places, this is a good opportunity <a href=\"https:\/\/powerhousetips.com\/setc-express\">edition<\/a> share your thoughts and help inform the conversation.&#8221;<\/em>Tyson Ochsner, Professor at Oklahoma State University<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe use the results <a href=\"https:\/\/powerhousetips.com\/setc-express\">edition<\/a> create practical steps that help you shape a better future for your <a href=\"https:\/\/powerhousetips.com\/setc-express\">edition<\/a>wn. Because you tell us what <a href=\"https:\/\/powerhousetips.com\/setc-express\">edition<\/a>pics rural people most want help with, your responses also get shared out <a href=\"https:\/\/powerhousetips.com\/setc-express\">edition<\/a> others who work with rural communities and in articles and media s<a href=\"https:\/\/powerhousetips.com\/setc-express\">edition<\/a>ries,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0said Becky McCray, cofounder of SaveYour.Town<\/p>\n<p>Take the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/saveyour.<a href=\"https:\/\/powerhousetips.com\/setc-express\">edition<\/a>wn\/survey2024&#8243;>Survey of Rural Challenges<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/powerhousetips.com\/setc-express\">edition<\/a>day!<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>How the survey works:<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_15400\" style=\"width: 515px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15400\" src=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/communi-tea-one.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"505\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/communi-tea-one.png 505w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/communi-tea-one-300x295.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-15400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Communi-Tea from Estherville News<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The survey will collect voluntary responses online in the 1st and 2nd quarter of 2024. 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