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Community development experts: Strong local leaders key to small-town survival

Iowans who spend time working on small-town vitality in the state say small, rural communities will not survive urban flight without taking risks or community leaders willing to take them. โ€œI have concerns that places that want to grow are doing it based on a strategy of stand-pat-edness, I guess,โ€ Bill Menner, a former Obama […]