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News
23rd Annual Rural Community Economic Development Conference
Register by February 19 for the Early Bird Rate!
2011 Conference Material Now Available
Handouts from the 22nd Annual Rural Community Economic Development are now available online.
IIRA's MAPPING the Future Program
is making a difference in Shelby County
Nominate a Rural Champion
Do you know someone who is making a difference in rural Illinois?
Rural Counties Newsletter
A new resource from the Governor's Rural Affairs Council.
IIRA's Rural Life Poll results
The 2010 poll was conducted in the late fall of 2010 with questionnaires sent to 8,000 rural households. Responses were received from 1,087 rural residents.
Save the Date
2012 Rural Community Economic Development Conference will be held March 7 and 8, 2012. More details will be available soon.
IIRA is now on Twitter
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Newest Publications
- Transreport, Fall 2011
- Population Trends in Rural Downstate Illinois
- Building Entrepreneurial Communities: Examples in Michigan

