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Six rural Kansas locations were selected to host the traveling Smithsonian exhibition Crossroads: Change in Rural America. Other locations, including the Hays Public Library, were then selected by Humanities Kansas as partner sites responsible for creating their own displays and programming related to the Crossroads theme. The library’s exhibit will be on display May 1 through June 13, accompanied by a variety of programs.
In 1900, about 40% of Americans lived in rural areas, by 2010, less than 18% of the U.S. population lived in rural areas. In just over a century, massive economic and social changes moved millions of Americans into urban areas. Yet only 10% of the U.S. landmass is considered urban. Why should revitalizing the rural places left behind matter to those who remain, those who left, and those who will come in the future? Because there is much more to the story of rural America.
Montana Extension Service Program Helps 24 Towns
The MSU Extension Service partnered with the Montana Community Foundation to help a number of Montana towns cope with specific challenges for rural areas. Montana State University picked 24 areas in the state for inclusion in the Reimagining Rural program.
Tara Mastel, the Extension s community development program leader, said in a recent news release that the program included virtual community gatherings that included both town leaders and rural experts. She said, The sessions helped show the potential of reviving rural Montana. As a participant commented, rural American is not dying. It is changing, and much of the perceived narrative regarding the decay of our rural areas is simply wrong.