Rural Issues

Making health care more accessible and affordable

Preserving farms and farmland

Dealing with the effects of poverty and providing assistance to low-income families

Providing more opportunities for youth

Keeping and marking farming profitable

Securing more quality health care providers and facilities

Encouraging providers to install last mile of broadband

Providing a good educational system beyond K-12

Addressing issues related to the aging rural population and senior citizens

Providing appropriate services to support entrepreneurial activity in rural areas

Planning for residential growth that includes affordable housing but discourages sprawl

Maintaining existing businesses and recruiting new employers with good paying jobs

Encouraging telemedicine

Securing more financial resources for roads, water and wastewater facilities and public transit

Engaging in regional cooperation in planning for new growth and development in rural areas