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NSF awards $1.5 million grant to study smart shrinkage using ISTP data

July 9, 2020

“Is Social Capital as a Determinant of Community Attachment?” Sociological Spectrum

June 4, 2020

“Is Community Attachment a Determinant of Actual Migration? An Estimate of the Social Capital, Linear‐Development, and Systemic Approaches.” Social Science Quarterly 

June 4, 2020

“Why leadership styles matter in rural Iowa.” ISU News Service

June 4, 2020

“Trust and White Ethnic Diversity in Small Town Iowa.” Sociological Quarterly

June 4, 2020

“In Iowa, Small Towns With Declining Populations Learn To ‘Shrink Smart’.” Here and Now NPR

June 4, 2020

“Child care centers, coffee shops and other projects helping rural Kansas towns ‘shrink smart’.” Lawrence Journal-World

June 4, 2020

“What Rural Kansas Child Care And Cafes Say About Shrinking Smart, Rather Than Withering.” Kansas City Public Radio

June 4, 2020

“Shrink Smart is a new model for communities that are losing people. Could it work in the Quad-City area?” Quad-City Times

June 4, 2020

“The Best Way To Rejuvenate Rural America? Invest In Rural America.” Forbes

June 4, 2020

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