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How Saving Small Towns Soothes Our Souls

Kiley Miller • TEDxOkoboji

We tend to measure the success of towns by the new: New buildings, new businesses, new whatever. But in rural towns the new can be hard to find. So what is a perspective for evaluating the health of a small town? And why, ultimately, does it matter.

We tend to measure the success of towns by the new: New buildings, new businesses, new whatever. But in rural towns the new can be hard to find. So what is a perspective for evaluating the health of a small town? And why, ultimately, does it matter.

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This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxOkoboji, an independent event.

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