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Rural Housing Isn’t Just a Housing Problem; It’s a Community Problem
Every rural community knows someone who wants to move back home but can’t find a place to live. A local manufacturer has job openings but…
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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 more that I realize how…
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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 aspect for me as it…
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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 the ‘traditional’ rural downtown. Many…
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A Leap of Faith
I came home, at least in a sense. After 5 years of college, where they essentially taught us to work in an urban environment in…
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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 main issues, affordability and sustainability.…
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Harley Schaub
Our Rural Architecture Lead, Harley (Schuster) Schaub, came to us with a master’s degree in Architecture from Kansas State University. She participated in the Net…
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Jenny Russell
Community Development Strategist While serving as Coordinator on Kansas Health Foundation and Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) grants over five years, Jenny worked in community…
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A Multifaceted Solution
Rural architecture and housing is a difficult and multifaceted problem that doesn’t operate on the same financial models as urban housing. Through our analysis, we…
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Alex Weber
Echelon Architecture – Our newest board member, Alex has recently moved back to Kansas from her architecture position in Salt Lake City, Utah. She has…
