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 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 Keeping and marking farming profitable 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 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 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 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 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 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 Providing a good educational system beyond K-12 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 Question Title * 4. Any other issues not mentioned above? Done