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Crabby Patty’s: an American story in the making
April 3, 2009 in Home Town Life, People, Places, Revitalization Strategies, Small Town Success Stories | Tags: blue highway, community, rural revitalization, save small towns, scenic drives, scenic highway, small business | by Wynn Ponder | 1 comment
Posted by Wynn Ponder
Hazel Young started it. She remembered Marci Penner’s efforts a few years ago, when the Lizard Lips Grill, north of Toronto, Kansas, was in danger of closing. Marci had mobilized the good people of the Kansas Explorers Club, urging them to stop by and spend $5 at the convenience store to help it stay open. Helen told Marci that a similar situation was unfolding in Dexter, Kansas …
A view of the good life from Russell, Kansas
November 5, 2008 in Home Town Life, People, Places, Small Town Success Stories | Tags: entrepreneur, small business, small town life | by Wynn Ponder | 2 comments
Posted by Beth Pfeifer, Russell, Kansas
One perception I believe people hold of small towns is that we are not educated and that there are only minimum wage jobs to be had in rural America. That is just not true, a vast majority of this community are professional degreed individuals. Myself as an example, I hold a four year degree but I have made the decision to not work at this time. In order to keep myself fresh, I volunteer my time to a variety of organizations that utilize my marketing background. In addition, we are making a very comfortable living that would probably exceed the average perception of “small town living.”
