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BILL CRAWFORD: Use CREATE Foundation model to stop rural brain drain in Mississippi


“Our country is in the throes of a most painful and unpredictable transition,” contended Maria Kefalas and the late Patrick Carr in Hollowing Out the Middle: The Rural Brain Drain and What It Means for America. “Too many young people in their twenties and thirties are leaving.”
Lewis Whitfield, senior vice president of the CREATE Foundation in Tupelo, pointed me to this book written in 2001. The problem described has continued to grow across America and particularly in Mississippi, which was one of only three states to lose population in the latest Census.
The 17 counties served by the CREATE Foundation in Northeast Mississippi make up one of the strongest economic regions in the state. Yet, “12 of our 17 counties are losing population,” said Whitfield. Nonetheless, the foundation’s 17-county region gained population overall. ....

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BILL CRAWFORD — Can Mississippi stop rural brain drain?


“Our country is in the throes of a most painful and unpredictable transition,” contended Maria Kefalas and the late Patrick Carr in Hollowing Out the Middle: The Rural Brain Drain and What It Means for America. “Too many young people in their twenties and thirties are leaving.”
Lewis Whitfield, Senior Vice President of the Create Foundation in Tupelo, pointed me to this book written in 2001. The problem described has continued to grow across America and particularly in Mississippi, which was one of only three states to lose population in the latest Census.
The 17 counties served by the Create Foundation in northeast Mississippi make up one of the strongest economic regions in the state. Yet, “12 of our 17 counties are losing population,” said Whitfield. Nonetheless, the foundation’s 17-county region gained population overall. ....

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