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Rural Issues: Rural Entrepreneurship

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Homerstores_small Rural America has seen an exodus of residents and businesses for decades. But now it's evolving into a garden spot for entrepreneurs. Many don't have much of a choice -- jobs in large companies or farms are drying up, and self-employment helps pay the bills. Still others get into business for love of their communities. What can government do to help them out? Tom Rogers reports on the challenges these rural entrepreneurs face, and what the presidential candidates want to do about it. This piece is part of the Public Radio Rural Issues Project. You can find the other pieces in this series (along with promos and web content) here: http://www.prx.org/articles/1494

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Rural America has seen an exodus of residents and businesses for decades. But now it's evolving into a garden spot for entrepreneurs. Many don't have much of a choice -- jobs in large companies or farms are drying up, and self-employment helps pay the bills. Still others get into business for love of their communities. What can government do to help them out? Tom Rogers reports on the challenges these rural entrepreneurs face, and what the presidential candidates want to do about it. This piece is part of the Public Radio Rural Issues Project. You can find the other pieces in this series (along with promos and web content) here: http://www.prx.org/articles/1494

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Think of the word "entrepreneur" and you may conjure up images of self-starting business leaders who make it big -- think a Horatio Alger story or a Silicon Valley computer tycoon. But more realistic examples exist on Main Street, where things haven?t been so bright.

A good deal of the daytime traffic through Homer Illinois is on the Norfolk Southern Line that splits the town in two. When the trains speed through and the gates go back up on Route 47, Homer?s main street gets a smattering of traffic ? semis hauling grain; the occasional car or pickup. Banker Tom Butler says it wasn?t always so quiet.

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HOST INTRO: Rural America has seen an exodus of residents and businesses for decades. But now it's evolving into a garden spot for entrepreneurs. Many don't have much of a choice -- jobs in large companies or farms are drying up, and self-employment helps pay the bills. Still others get into business for love of their communities.

What can government do to help them out? Tom Rogers reports on the challenges these rural entrepreneurs face, and what the presidential candidates want to do about it.

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