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Free Land: Rural America's New Development Strategy

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Linda LaSut
10 February 2005 - 10:00am

A new movement to keep the Great Plains from emptying is gaining momentum.

"So why would someone choose to relocate to a town with 2,900 with one grocery store, one stoplight and no mall, no fast food and no movie theater? Free land! It's an economic development strategy sweeping across rural America. The goal is to reverse decades of population loss from the decline of small family farms and businesses, expand the tax base, keep schools from closing and preserve a way of life."

Full Story: Towns offer free land to newcomers
Source: USA Today, February 8, 2005
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