The Results Are In!
SAVEYOUR.Town has released the results of its 2019 Survey of Rural Challenges.
The survey asks rural communities to identify their most significant local challenges they would like assistance correcting, and what steps they are currently taking to address the issues.
Typically, the results from this survey are different than common themes in media coverage and policy conversation around rural communities. And as many rural residence know, the larger public perception of the happenings in rural communities is inaccurate.
In fact the top 5 Rural Community Challenges don’t include topics like opioid addiction or poverty. They are:
- Losing young people
- Downtown is dead
- Not enough good housing
- Need new residents
- No one shops in town
