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 more opportunities for youth 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 Securing more quality health care providers and facilities 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 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 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 Preserving farms and farmland 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 Making health care more accessible and affordable 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 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 Engaging in regional cooperation in planning for new growth and development in rural areas 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 Keeping and marking farming profitable 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 Question Title * 4. Any other issues not mentioned above? Done