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Kansas Senate Votes to Expand Rural Opportunity Zones

Stephen Koranda — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:42:00 +0000

The Kansas Senate has voted to expand a program aimed at stopping population loss in rural Kansas counties. Some counties with declining populations have been designated as so-called Rural Opportunity Zones. The program helps repay student loans and offers income tax credits to attract people to those counties.

Senator Les Donovan, a Republican from Wichita, says the program has helped rural areas.

“These are counties that are small population and losing population. This tends to stabilize their population a great deal,” says Donovan.

'My Life, My Town': Madelyne And Landon Brand

KBIA and Columbia Missourian — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:23:00 +0000

More than a quarter of Missouri's population lives in rural areas. The series "My Life, My Town" documents the lives of teenagers from small Missouri towns. These are the youth who make up the future of rural life -- IF they decide to stay.

Paradise Found In The Flint Hills

Beth Lipoff and Steve Kraske — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000

For one local woman, an isolated cabin in the middle of the Flint Hills with no modern conveniences is paradise.

Planting New Grocery Stores In Rural Food Deserts

Sylvia Maria Gross — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:22:14 +0000

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Onaga, KS – Rural America is losing its grocery stores. Fewer people are living in the countryside, and mom and pop markets aren't able to compete with large chains. But as KCUR's Sylvia Maria Gross reports, some small towns are finding creative ways buck the trend.

K-State Program Supports Rural Groceries

Sylvia Maria Gross — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:54:01 +0000

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Manhattan, Ks. – With grocery stores in rural Kansas closing at record speed, access to healthy food is a growing issue. KCUR's Sylvia Maria Gross interviews Kansas State University Professor David Procter about the options are available for small town groceries.