Rural Issues Question Title * 1. County of Residence Question Title * 2. Occupation Question Title * 3. Please review the following and indicate the most important five issues facing your community (or field of interest) during the next few years (1 being the most important, 15 the least). 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Providing a good educational system beyond K-12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Providing more opportunities for youth 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Addressing issues related to the aging rural population and senior citizens 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Making health care more accessible and affordable 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Maintaining existing businesses and recruiting new employers with good paying jobs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Securing more quality health care providers and facilities 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Securing more financial resources for roads, water and wastewater facilities and public transit 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Providing appropriate services to support entrepreneurial activity in rural areas 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Planning for residential growth that includes affordable housing but discourages sprawl 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Encouraging providers to install last mile of broadband 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Encouraging telemedicine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Keeping and marking farming profitable 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Preserving farms and farmland 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Dealing with the effects of poverty and providing assistance to low-income families 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Engaging in regional cooperation in planning for new growth and development in rural areas Question Title * 4. Any other issues not mentioned above? Done