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Publications

• "Today's Rural Demographics, an interview with Benjamin Winchester" appears in the Sept/Oct 2007 issue of The Minnesota Preservationist magazine.
• Big Stone Wind: Business Plan 2007-2028
• Western Minnesota Home Values: Analysis of Change 2000-2005. Study Completed for the West Central Initiative and the Family Economic Success Program.
• Thorson, Greg; Linscheid, Neil; and Tara Schmidt. The Search for Affordable Health Care in Rural Minnesota: Prospects and Problems for Market-Based Solutions.
• Media Messages of Rural: Lessons From Minnesota.
• Thorson, Greg and Tara Schmidt. A Health Care System in Critical Condition. Evidence of the Declining Affordability of Health Care Insurance and the Erosion of Health Care Infrastructure in West Central Minnesota.
• Conceptualizing the University-Community Connection: The University of Minnesota Extension Service-University of Minnesota, Morris Model. PDF
• Poverty in Cities and Townships: NW Minnesota and East North Dakota. PDF
• A Brief Review: Population in Minnesota Cities and Townships. PDF
• A Brief Review: Per Capita Income in Minnesota Cities and Townships. PDF
• City and Township Change in North West and West Central Minnesota. PDF
• Demographic Changes in West Central Minnesota. PDF
• Big School Change in a Small Towns: Herman, Minnesota
• Strategic Plan for the Morris Area School District
• City of Morris Comprehensive Plan
• Small Schools Under Siege: Evidence of Resource Inequality in Minnesota Public Schools
  • (at the Center for Rural Policy and Development)

Presentations

• The History of Rural Migration and Implications for Leadership in Minnesota. Presented to the Minnesota Association of Volunteer Administrators. (ppt) (pdf)
• Rural Migration : The Brain Gain of the Newcomers. Presented first for the State Demographic Center Brown Bag Series. (ppt) (pdf)
• Positive Faces of Rurality in Minnesota and the New Ruralism. Presented to the Minnesota Design Team on January 26, 2008 in St. Paul. (ppt)
• The Rural Development Industry and Friends in the Field. November 19, 2007 in Morris, MN. (ppt)
• The Positive Faces of Rurality in Minnesota. Presented to the Sustainable Agriculture Colloquium. September 27, 2007 in St. Paul, MN.(ppt)
• Rural Migration and the Social Infrastructure of Small Towns. September 23, 2007. (ppt)
• Rural Trends Impacting Our Schools. Presented to the Western Minnesota School Collaborative. August 9, 2006. (ppt)
• A Way of Integrating Civic Learning into Statistics Courses - July 6, 2006. International Conference on Teaching Statistics. Salvador, Brazil. (ppt presentation) (full paper)
• The Continued Changing Face of Rurality in Minnesota. Sustainable Ag Colloquium (ppt) (pdf)
• The Maintenance Costs of Small Towns and the Benefits of Working Together. Presented at the Fourth Annual Symposium on Small Towns. (ppt)
• Communities Working Together. Presented to Pope County. October 17, 2005.
  • In Powerpoint or PDF format - be careful about size on a "lowband" internet connection.
• The New Ruralism in Minnesota. Presented to the Glenwood Rotary. July 5, 2005.
  • In Powerpoint or PDF format - be careful about size on a "lowband" internet connection.
• The Changing Face of Rurality in Minnesota. Presented to the Sustainable Agriculture Colloquium. October 14, 2004 in St. Paul, MN.
  • In Powerpoint (11mb) or PDF (4mb) format - be careful about size on a "lowband" internet connection.
• Minnesota and the New Ruralism: Planning in Rurality. Presented to the Minnesota American Planning Association. Sept. 30, 2004 in Alexandria, MN.
• In Powerpoint (6.2mb) or PDF (1.4mb) format - be careful about size on a "lowband" internet connection.
• Media Messages of Rural: Lessons From Minnesota. June 4, 2004 to Minnesota Initiative Foundations in Brainerd, MN.
• Rural Data Analysis. Presentation to Morris Leadership Group, November 18, 2003. In Powerpoint or PDF formats.
• Data Visualization through GIS. Presented at the IT Fair, University of Minnesota, Morris. November 13, 2003. Powerpoint or PDF formats.
• Presentations from the Rural Summit in Mankato, Minnesota, August 3-5, 2003.
• Presentations from the 1st Annual Symposium on Small Towns, June 10-11, 2003.
• National Service Learning Conference
  • 2003 Event Presentations
    • Small University + Small Town = Big Success (MS Powerpoint)
    • Teaching, Reading, Enabling Children (MS Powerpoint)

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