GPS 45:93 Annual Meeting

777 Lady Luck Drive,Hinckley MN 55037

24 September, 2021

Description

GPS 45:93 welcomes members and guests to attend the 2021 Annual Meeting on September 24th. Join GPS 45:93 for a special presentation titled "Rewriting the Rural Narrative" with Benjamin Winchester, Rural Sociologist & Senior Research Fellow at the University of Minnesota Center for Community Vitality. It seems the rural story has already been told. Small towns keep getting smaller. Churches, schools, clinics, businesses, and now post offices, have closed their doors as the lucky few migrate out to the big cities. This deficit framework dominates how we discuss and envision our rural communities. However, the story of rural America since 1970 is rich and diverse, with positive trends occurring under the radar. Learn how positive changes around migration, community involvement, economic development, and regional living have diversified this landscape that require us to rewrite the narrative of rural community change.