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Naturally Balanced: What does it take to steward the land and grow rural prosperity?

Rural and Native communities have been stewarding the land for generations. Many are using new ways of growing nature and...

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Strategies for State-supported Microenterprise Development Systems : Practitioner’s Role

Report examines the Center for Rural Affairs Rural Enterprise Assistant Project (REAP) in its partnership with Nebraska's Office of Economic Development.

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Impacts of Limited-Stakes Casino Gambling on Resident Satisfaction with Community Life: A Preliminary Report

Paper reports on the testing of select hypotheses predicting the response of residents of gambling communities in assessing satisfaction with community life

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Residents’ perceptions and attitudes about limited stakes casino gambling and its impact on community life

Document shows copy of small-stakes gambling survey based on resident opinion.

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Students’ Perceptions and Attitudes About Limited Stakes Casino Gambling and Its Impact on Community Life

Keynote slides detailing survey participant data on student opinions on small-stakes gambling as it effects community life.

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A Common Bond: Issues and Responses in South Carolina’s Coastal Tourism Development

This paper represents effort by the Palmetto Conservation Foundation to bring issues in coastal tourism in South Carolina into focus.

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Behind the Glitter: The Impact of Tourism on Rural Women in the Southeast

Paper seeks to shed light on tourism industry jobs, much of which are overwhelmingly female (food servers, maids, and retail clerks).