Category: Rural Areas

An Oklahoma Town’s Rescue Plan Has a Big Name: Reba McEntire

The New York Times – Music:
The country-music star is trying to revive her childhood home in Oklahoma with a restaurant, concert stage and lots of Reba memorabilia.
Colleges Have Been a Small-Town Lifeline. What Happens as They Shrink?

The New York Times – Business:
Declining student enrollment is hitting the rural areas that rely on universities. They’re trying to adapt to survive.
Rural Hospitals Are Shuttering Their Maternity Units

The New York Times – Business:
Citing costs, many hospitals are closing labor and delivery wards, expanding so-called maternity care deserts.
Stag and Doe Parties: An Ontario Tradition of Raising Money for a Wedding

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
“Stag and does” are a largely rural Ontario tradition that help engaged couples raise money for their nuptials — and give neighbors a good reason to party.
Japan’s Business Owners Can’t Find Successors. This Man Is Giving His Away.

The New York Times – Business:
An owner’s struggle in Japan’s northern dairy region illuminates one of the potentially devastating economic impacts of an aging society.
A Rural Hospital’s Excruciating Choice: $3.2 Million a Year or Inpatient Care?

The New York Times – Business:
A new federal program offers hefty payments to small hospitals at risk of closing. But it comes with a bewildering requirement: to end all inpatient care.
In Sussex, a Floral Designer Finds New Life in an Untamed Garden

The New York Times – T Magazine:
After reluctantly moving into a tumbledown 17th-century English cottage, Milli Proust has created a gorgeously unruly and varied source for her craft.