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 appropriate services to support entrepreneurial activity in rural areas 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 Securing more quality health care providers and facilities 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 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 Providing a good educational system beyond K-12 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 Keeping and marking farming profitable 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 Encouraging telemedicine 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 Making health care more accessible and affordable 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 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 Question Title * 4. Any other issues not mentioned above? Done