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A Place to Hang Your Hat

June 29, 2012 By admin

A Place to Hang Your Hat Whether you wear a cowboy Stetson, a farmer’s duckbill cap or a woolen stocking hat, the town of Dupree, South Dakota, offers you a warm welcome and a place to “hang your hat.” In this town, population less than 400, with a good arm you can throw a softball […]

Filed Under: Community Development and Design, Program - community, Promoting Community Interaction on Common Goals, South Dakota

A Forward-Thinking Community

June 29, 2012 By admin

A Forward-Thinking Community When you’ve found something valuable, the saying goes, exclaim “eureka!” When the German-Russian immigrants settled in this wide expanse of prairie in the 1880s, they changed the original St. Petersburg name to Eureka, befitting the agricultural powerhouse and prosperous community that it had become as the largest wheat growing region in the […]

Filed Under: Aquatic Center, Community Development and Design, Family Entertainment and Activities, Program - community, Promoting Community Interaction on Common Goals, Rural Business Development, South Dakota

A Community of Peers in a Big-Hearted Town

June 29, 2012 By admin

A Community of Peers in a Big-Hearted Town Ask anyone why they choose to live in Elgin and you will hear the same reply over and over: “It’s the people.” A longtime Elgin resident says, “We’re a big-hearted town.” Present-day Elgin sits in a location once known to the Nez Perce as Lochow Lochow, “lovely […]

Filed Under: Community Center, Community Development and Design, Community-Based Approach, Family Entertainment and Activities, Oregon, Program - community, Promoting Community Interaction on Common Goals, Rural Business Development

Building Community on a Strong Foundation

June 29, 2012 By admin

Building Community on a Strong Foundation Look up the word “union” in the dictionary, and you will find the definition of a small town at its best: “n. something formed by a coalition of independent individuals for some common purpose.” Union residents pride themselves on being “the biggest volunteer town in eastern Oregon.” One community […]

Filed Under: Community Development and Design, Oregon, Program - community, Promoting Community Interaction on Common Goals

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