Rural Forward

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  • A Dream Come True

    I have been working in rural Economic Development for over fifteen years. The longer that I have been around, the…

  • A Need For Rural Architecture

    For my masters level graduate studio at K-State, I chose to take the Net + Studio. It was an intriguing…

  • Grassroots Revitalization and Adaptive Reuse

    Across the nation, small rural towns pepper the landscape, and in many cases the first image one sees is of…

  • A Leap of Faith

    I came home, at least in a sense. After 5 years of college, where they essentially taught us to work…

  • Its A Problem of Parts

    America is facing a housing crisis, primarily in our rural regions. This crisis, in part, can be attributed to two…

  • Harley Schaub

    Our Rural Architecture Lead, Harley (Schuster) Schaub, came to us with a master’s degree in Architecture from Kansas State University.…

  • Jenny Russell

    Community Development Strategist While serving as Coordinator on Kansas Health Foundation and Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) grants over five…

  • A Multifaceted Solution

    Rural architecture and housing is a difficult and multifaceted problem that doesn’t operate on the same financial models as urban…

  • Alex Weber

    Echelon Architecture – Our newest board member, Alex has recently moved back to Kansas from her architecture position in Salt…

  • The Value of Rural Architecture

    Good architecture has value. Rural areas demonstrate that despite sometimes limited exposure to architecturally designed buildings, the communities are architecturally…

  • Benjamin Schaub

    Assists with technical support and assistance, while providing architectural insight to projects.