
Rural Resilience
Someone asked me recently, “Why do some rural communities “thrive,” and some don’t?” I have pondered that question man...

Community-Wide Impacts of Miller Grocery Still Evident, Four Years Later

Rural Education Investments Help Students Stay in School
Children in communities far and wide are heading back to school, including Oglala Lakota students in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. B...

Theory of Change: How Our Work Supports a Thriving Rural

CO.STARTERS Mitchell Graduates First Cohort of Entrepreneurs

Has your community made negativity a habit?
Living in a small town, we are often inclined to see change in our community as a threat to ourselves and our way of life. When ...

RuralX 2022 Facilitates Conversations on Loving Where You Live
What does it mean to truly love where you live? Sometimes it’s an outward expression, like we see on “I Love NY” ...

Capital Investment Fund Connects Capital to Communities Ready to Make an Impact

Dakota Resources’ Thriverr Platform Facilitates Collaboration, Community

An embarrassing story about community dialogue
Quite simply, community dialogue is an exchange of ideas and experiences through listening, sharing, and questioning. At its bes...

Leadership is a Verb: A Leadership South Dakota Q&A with Ali Sheley

Planning for the Future: Community Coaching in Lennox, SD
Community Coaching with Dakota Resources looks different for each community, and so it should, as each community has distinct ne...

Choose Your Adventure at RuralX 2022

Survey Says Series: Collaboration, Professional Development Crucial For Rural Communities to Thrive

Survey Says Series: Opportunities to Refine Focuses for Rural Economic Development

How might embellishing your community’s success backfire?
Most passionate community leaders communicate with the best intentions and are genuinely excited about sharing publicly and cele...

A Note from the President: Looking Back on 2021 & Looking Ahead to 2022
