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Shaping the Future through Conversation and the Arts

June 29, 2012 By admin

Shaping the Future through Conversation and the Arts “We promote the positives,” exclaims one longtime Mott resident, describing “The Link” section of the Eido Connect serving Mott, North Dakota and other communities throughout the region. “The Link” publishes mini-features about people, activities and businesses. “We fill up the negative space with something different. We get […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, Community Development and Design, North Dakota, Performing Arts, Program - community, Promoting Community Interaction on Common Goals, Regional Arts, Theater, Visual Arts

A Multitude of Opportunities: From Dinosaurs to a Farmers’ Diner

June 29, 2012 By admin

A Multitude of Opportunities: From Dinosaurs to a Farmers’ Diner “Things have snowballed,” observes one resident about all the changes going on in Glendive, Montana. “Negativism is being replaced by enthusiasm for diverse projects.” Community members from many backgrounds and interests are joining together to help grow Glendive, beautify the community with cleanups and artistic […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, Buy Local, Community Development and Design, Consumption and Purchasing, Food and Beverage, Montana, Murals, Northwest Area Foundation Horizons Project, Program - community, Public Planning, Restaurant or Cafe, Sourced from Cooperative Enterprises, Tourism and Recreation, Visual Arts

Elk Falls Pottery Works and Sherman House Bed & Breakfast

June 29, 2012 By admin

Getting Mugged in a Living Ghost Town Elk Falls, Kansas Less than two hours southeast of Wichita, Kansas, and surrounded by thousands of acres of pasture and ranch lands, Elk Falls – population 120 – could have fallen off the map and become a ghost town. But it didn’t — thanks, in part, to Elk […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, Bed & Breakfast, Business - family, Hospitality, Kansas, Pottery, Tourism and Recreation, Visual Arts

Sugar Maple Emu Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Emus provide product mix Brodhead, Wisconsin In a state where one expects to see dairy cows dotting the fields, Sugar Maple Emu Farm outside Brodhead, Wisconsin, defies tradition with a herd of emus, bringing new perspectives to the business of farming. The novelty of emus, combined with the animals’ usability, proves to be a marketable […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, Business - family, Developing new products, Direct to Customer, Direct: farm stand, Diversified farming (USDA stories), Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Emus, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Internet/Website, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Non-food ag-related, On-Farm Visits, Processing, Product Innovations, Tourism and Recreation, Value added, Visual Arts, Wisconsin

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