Hype for the Future 145D → City of Boise, Idaho

Introduction The City of Boise is a city in and the county seat of Ada County, Idaho, in the United States of America. Currently, the community is located on the western side of the boundaries of the State and is home to the Idaho State Museum, the Boise Art Museum, the historic Boise Depot, the Freak Alley Gallery, and the Basque Museum and Cultural Center, just to name a few of the amenities and attractions of the area. Boise State University is located on the southern side of the area, […]

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Hype for the Future 144B: Rural Utah Counties

Overview Within the State of Utah, the western side of the state boundaries is largely identified as rural, including the vast majority of the areas within Box Elder, Tooele, Juab, Millard, Beaver, and Iron Counties. Though communities such as Beaver and Cedar City exist within the overall more sparsely populated area, the vast majority of the general vicinity remains culturally significant within the State of Utah and west into the State of Nevada. Similarly rural communities also extend […]

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This farmer is worried high-speed rail could split his land and destroy his business
As Alto’s in-person consultations wrap up, opposition to the project has been ramping up including concerns in rural communities. CBC’s Mélina Lévesque spoke with one farmer whose land could be affected.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7139190?cmp=rss

Alberta reviewing plan on forcing oil companies to pay outstanding municipal taxes
Unpaid municipal taxes by some in the energy industry is a long-standing issue, with Alberta's rural communities owed more than $250 million as of last year.
#Canada #Economy #Albertamunicipalaffairs #Albertaoilandgas
https://globalnews.ca/news/11733637/alberta-oil-municipal-taxes/

Have we passed ‘peak sheep’?
#Sheep #Agriculture #Farming #UK #BritishCountryside #Livestock #SheepFarming #FoodProduction #Farming #RuralEconomy #FarmLife #LandManagement #Biodiversity #WoolIndustry #NaturalFibres #RuralCommunities #FoodSystems #Grazing
https://the-14.com/have-we-passed-peak-sheep/

Hype for the Future 129D: Butler County Rural Zoning

Introduction Within Butler County, Ohio, six (6) of the included townships are officially included within the defined region known as Butler County Rural Zoning, namely the Townships of Oxford, Milford, Lemon, Madison, Hanover, and Ross. Rural Zoning The vast majority of the areas within Butler County Rural Zoning is zoned agricultural; however, suburban-style residential development is also permissible in select sections of certain townships, such as within portions of Madison Township […]

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Quebec anglophone documentary series returns with history of Châteauguay Valley
The Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network is launching its third installment of its documentary series, Raising Spirits: Exploring the Cemeteries, Crossroads and Vanishing Places of Quebec. Researcher and host Heather Darch explains how the series helps uncover the history of forgotten rural Quebec communities.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7118944?cmp=rss

How an expanded program could bring more doctors to rural Nova Scotia
Students from the Cape Breton Medical Campus will be posted to rural communities across the province in an expansion of a clerkship program. The associate dean said it's hoped the program will lead to more doctors choosing the 'rural family-practice life' as their careers take off.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/new-program-rural-communities-medical-students-9.7117943?cmp=rss

Alberta outlines 16 new school projects in rural communities and smaller cities
The province announced details Thursday about the locations of 16 new school projects promised in Alberta's smaller cities and rural communities as part of the provincial budget.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/new-school-projects-rural-alberta-9.7116084?cmp=rss