E Stories

Charlotte Scott

Seafood and Entrepreneur Services on the Chesapeake Bay, February 2006.

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Jim Jenkins

Rural Nebraskan Brings Entrepreneurial Spirit Back Home, March 2004.

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Shirley Williams

Finding the Entrepreneur Within Herself: Shirley Williams and Vanceboro Apparel, Chapell Hill, North Carolina, January 2004.

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Larry Comer

Entrepreneur and Volunteer Mentor, Americus, Georgia, December 2003.

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Lavender Farm

Life - and Business - Down on the Lavender Farm, Sequim, Washington, September 2003.

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Excell Home Care

Nurse Turns Entrepreneur - Caring Business is Born, Sparta, GA, August 2003.

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Rah Trost

Great Northern Adventures, December 2002.

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Cedar Works

Wayne County, Ohio, October 2002.

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Beth Strube

Funshine Express, September 2002.

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Jerry Atkin

Jerry Atkin - Skywest Airlines, June 2002.

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Maxine Moul

Nebraskan Mixes Entrepreneurship with Social Conscious to Benefit her Native State, July 2005.

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Janell Anderson

Janell Anderson, Founder and Executive Director, GROW Nebraska, July 2004.

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Washington's Community Learning Centers

Washington's Community Learning Centers: Entrepreneurial Innovation in the Public Sector, November 2003.

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West Virginia Entrepreneurs Building a League of Their Own

West Virginia Entrepreneurs Building a League of Their Own, October 2003.

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Brenda Emery

Economic Development at the Edge of Appalachia, February 2003.

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Chester Bridge Foundation, Inc.

Building Business on the Bay, Chester Bridge Foundation, Inc., December 2005.

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The Microenterprise Council of Maryland

Supporting Groups who Support Entrepreneurs, the Microenterprise Council of Maryland, November 2005.

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QUAD Facilitation Program

QUAD Facilitation Program, Facilitating Business Growth in Southeast Kansas, April 2005.

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Youth Entrepreneurship Program

Youth Entrepreneurship Partnership - A Program of the Nelson Institute, December 2004.

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The Rural Center

A New Way to Support Homegrown Jobs in North Carolina, November 2004.

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Kansas Small Business Development Center

Growing Kansas Entrepreneurs, August 2004.

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West Central Initiative

West Central Minnesota's Manufacturing Mentor, June 2004.

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CEO Praxis

The Business of Supporting Businesses and Communities, May 2004.

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Northern Intiatives

Profitable Partnership for Michigan's Upper Peninsula, April 2004.

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Northeast Entrerpeneur Fund

Northeast Entrepreneur Fund Helps Region Move Toward Self-Sufficiency, February 2004.

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Just Don't Call it Entrepreneurial

Just Don't Call it Entrepreneurial (even though it is), January 2004.

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Small Telecom Company Promotes Entrepreneurism

Small Telecom Company Promotes Entrepreneurism, Helps Communities Grow, July 2003.

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Small Business Incubator Facility, Early, Texas

Small Business Incubator Facility, Early, Texas, May 2003.

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Pamy Curry

Center for Economic Options, August 2002.

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Tupelo, Mississippi

Social Capital Pays Big Dividends in Rural Mississippi, October 2005.

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Littleton, Colorado

Chris Gibbons, Director of Business/Industry Affairs (BIA), City of Littleton Economic Gardening in Littleton, colorado, April 2005.

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Ord, Nebraska

Ord, Nebraska and Valley County Economic Development, January 2005.

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Iowa Town Booms

Iowa Town booms on Eastern Ways, September 2004.

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Dickinson State University

Entrepreneurship in Higher Education, Dickinson State University, May 2004.

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Phyllis Kilby

Making Ice Cream and Saving Agriculture

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Cabela's

From Home Business to World's Foremost Outfitter, July 2006.

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Entrepreneurial Farming in Ohio

The purpose of the report is to argue that agriculture, and specifically small-scale entrepreneurial farming and market gardening, has a vital and long-term role in Northeast Ohio's quest for economic prosperity, August 2006.

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Laurel Gamm

Minnesota Youths become "Eco-preneurs" with Putting Green, September 2006.

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Georgia's State Initiatives

Peach of a State Program for Entrepreneurs in Georgia, December 2005.

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Haley Kilpatrick

One Youth's Desire to Inspire Spurs National Organization in Support of Mentoring Girls, November 2006.

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Sparta, North Carolina

Small Town Triumphs through Tourism, Technology and Teapots, December 2006.

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Indianpreneurship Curriculum produced by ONABEN

Cultural Approach to Building Native American Businesses, January 2007.

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New Harmony, Indiana

Young Entrepreneurs Rejuvenate Gym to Restore New Harmony, February 2007.

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South Wood County/Heart of Wisconsin

Life after Globalization: Rural Region Counters Downturns with Entrepreneurship and Community Development, April 2007.

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Lickity Split Chocolate Studio, LLC

Youths Find Sweet Success in Chocolate Business, July 2007.

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Shane Mayes, Onshore Technology Services, Inc.

Rural Missourian Keeps Tech Jobs Onshore, August 2007.

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Wisconsin’s Artisan Dairy Industry

Traditions and Transition: Wisconsin Entrepreneurs in the Artisan Dairy Industry, September 2007.

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Winston County, Mississippi

Rural Mississippi Group's Motto: Saving Rural America, October 2007.

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Chilton Rogers, Appalachian Regional Development Institute

Meaningful Business Development in NC's Appalachian Mountains, November 2007.

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Brookfield, Missouri

A Team Approach to Hometown Development, December 2007.

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WAEM - Western Alabama East Mississippi

Regional Economic Development in a Globalized World: Ready or Not, February 2008.

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Team Taylor County

Banding Together to Battle Job Loss and Create an Entrepreneurial Environment, March 2008.

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Dennis Burke, South Carolina

Jamaican Roots Inspire Rural Businessman, April 2008.

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Elliott County Extension Office in Kentucky

Tobacco to Tourism: Kentucky County Changes Economic Base, Outlook on Community Development, May 2008.

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Tanya Ewell

Fabric Store Owner Finds Niche in Small Town North Carolina with help of CDC, July 2008.

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Cain Bond

Indiana Youth Chooses Rural Spot for Boooming eBay Business, September 08.

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New York Mills, Minnesota

November, 2008.

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The Flipside of Brain Drain

Read how young people in McCook Nebraska have given this expression a new, healthier twist.

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RUPRI Center for Rural Entrepreneurship - P.O. Box 83107 - Lincoln, NE 68501 - 402-323-7339 - taina@e2mail.org

The RUPRI Center for Rural Entrepreneurship

The RUPRI Center for Rural Entrepreneurship strives to be the focal point for efforts to stimulate and support private and public entrepreneurship development in communities throughout rural America.  By supporting practice-driven research and evaluation and facilitating shared learning among practitioners, researchers and policy makers, the Center works to encourage entrepreneurship development as an effective route to building prosperous, dynamic, and sustainable rural economies. The Center is part of the Rural Policy Research Institute, an organization dedicated to providing unbiased analysis and information on the challenges, needs, and opportunities facing rural America. To learn more about RUPRI, go to www.rupri.org.

 

 

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