Tag: state of rural

  In the third and final installment of our talk with the Center’s Kelly Asche on the State of Rural Minnesota, we cover the economic picture. Most of Greater MN weathered the Great Recession well thanks to agriculture, which also bolstered the state as a whole. On the other hand, there’s the rise of job vacancies, ...

With population growth expected to slow and workforce already short in many parts of Minnesota, population and population projections are worth paying attention to. The Center’s research associate Kelly Asche, author of this year’s State of Rural Minnesota report, breaks down the population change patterns across the state in this week’s RuralMN Radio. ...

On RuralMN Radio this week, the Center’s research associate Kelly Asche talks about our new report on the State of Rural Minnesota. In this first part, Kelly talks about just how we’re defining rural. There’s more to it than you might think.

This week on RuralMN Radio, the Center’s Research Associate Kelly Asche talks about updating the State of Rural Minnesota report by first answering the question: Just what is “rural”?