Free Land: Rural America's New Development Strategy

A new movement to keep the Great Plains from emptying is gaining momentum.

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February 10, 2005, 10:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"So why would someone choose to relocate to a town with 2,900 with one grocery store, one stoplight and no mall, no fast food and no movie theater? Free land! It's an economic development strategy sweeping across rural America. The goal is to reverse decades of population loss from the decline of small family farms and businesses, expand the tax base, keep schools from closing and preserve a way of life."

Thanks to Linda LaSut

FULL STORY: Towns offer free land to newcomers

Tuesday, February 8, 2005 in USA Today

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