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Burton, John K.; Lockee, Barbara B. – 2001
Rural communities have long experienced an outmigration of talented people to urban areas for better employment opportunities. The traditional rural economic model, especially prevalent in Appalachia and the rural South, involves outside capital promoting industrial development separated from community needs and culture. This, at worst, is…
Descriptors: Community Development, Economic Development, Employment Opportunities, Information Technology