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Renewing the Countryside North Dakota

2007-11-04

Across North Dakota’s diverse and beautiful landscape, creative, hard-working people are bringing new energy to the countryside. With perseverance, inventiveness, and occasionally, simple good fortune, they are creating a new definition of what it means to live, work, and learn in rural America. These people are enhancing North Dakota’s cultural and natural resources while spurring local economic development in their communities.  While their backgrounds and activities differ, each in their own way is Renewing the Countryside. These short stories are excerpts from the book that feature North Dakotans protecting the environment and promoting their rural communities through innovative businesses and community projects. This powerful journey through North Dakota’s landscape is full of incredible photographs and stories of hope and renewal.

-Karl Stauber
President, Northwest Area Foundation

Supporters of the Renewing the Countryside North Dakota project include

Below are excerpts from Renewing the Countryside North Dakota 2003. 

January

Crane Creek Gardens
New Town, North Dakota

February

Prairie Fire Pottery
Beach, North Dakota

March

The Enchanted Highway
Regent, North Dakota

April

The North Outback
Wales, North Dakota

May

Sacred Heart Monastery
Richardton, North Dakota

June

Dakota Adventures
Rendezvous Region, North Dakota

July

The Happy Gardeners
Fort Berthold, North Dakota

August

Golden Flax 4U Inc.
Goodrich, North Dakota

September

The Zook Family Farm
Beach, North Dakota

October

The Cannonball Company
Regent, North Dakota

November

Badlands Trail Rides
Killdeer, North Dakota

December

Garrison’s Dickens Village Festival
Garrison, North Dakota

Visit the official Renewing the Countryside website:
http://www.renewingthecountryside.org