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JANUARY/ 9 / 2023
OCTOBER / 19 / 2022
Predicting Resident Satisfaction with Public Schools in Small Town Iowa
NOVEMBER / 13 / 2021
Thriving Rural Communities: Big Data Insights & Stories to Tell
SEPTEMBER/ 29 / 2021
Finding Resilience in Unexpected Places: Why Design Still Matters in Shrinking Rural Communities
AUGUST / 28 / 2021
Rural Smart Shrinkage and Perceptions of Quality of Life in the American Midwest
AUGUST / 28 / 2021
Using Entrepreneurial social infrastructure to understand smart shrinkage in small towns
Webinar: How Communities Can Utilize Financial Data in Planning Their Futures: Strategies and Innovations from Rural Iowa
Poster for Meeting of Principal Investigators for NSF Smart & Connected Communities Program
This poster was presented virtually by Kimberly Zarecor at the Meeting of Principal Investigators for NSF Smart & Connected Communities Program on April 7th, 2021. It gives a summary of the work the project has accomplished thus far, and shows an overview of the work to be done in the coming months.
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OCTOBER / 01 / 2020
NSF funds new research phase with a $1.5 million grant
The next phase of our research project began in October 2020. We will be working with a group of communities in Iowa as well as the Iowa League of Cities over the next three years.
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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number #1952007. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation