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K-State Research and Extension
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March 27, 2018

Innovative Rural Business Models for Your Community.

Submitted by Nancy Daniels

Innovative Rural Business Models

McCray's advice is based on her real world experience as a retail store owner and cattle rancher and from watching global trends in the economy, technology and society. She makes her home in Hopeton, Oklahoma, a town of 30 people. She doesn’t just talk about rural issues; she lives them.

Innovative rural businesses are exploring new shapes, new locations and new ways of doing business, including pop-ups, shared buildings, businesses inside of other businesses and more. Entrepreneurs are using these smaller scale experiments and tests to learn what works before making a huge investment.

Local leaders also can put these rural models to work spurring new business development and supporting fuller participation in the local economy.

Please reach out to local leaders who may wish to join the zoom call. Contact Nancy Daniels, nkdaniels@ksu.edu, if you or someone you know would like to join the call.