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 the lack of affordable housing and day care affect the success (or lack there of) of rural areas. When the opportunity arose for the communities that we serve to have
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 focused on the notion of rural housing in Kansas and how to analyze and approach the situation from an architectural standpoint. Going into the Net+ Studio in the fall of
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 main streets of these towns developed quickly, spurred by the railroad cutting a path across the country, but as automobiles became more popular the importance of an established downtown in
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 order to become successful, I still followed my gut – I came back home. Throughout school they trained us how to build art museums, dance studios, and skyscrapers. They pushed