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 Encouraging telemedicine 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 Securing more quality health care providers and facilities 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 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 Keeping and marking farming profitable 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 more opportunities for youth 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 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 a good educational system beyond K-12 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 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 Encouraging providers to install last mile of broadband Question Title * 4. Any other issues not mentioned above? Done