We believe small towns can be saved by their own people using their own resources.
We’re Becky McCray from Oklahoma and Deb Brown from Mississippi. You’re in the right place to get practical steps you can put into action right away to shape a better future for your community.
We specialize in low or no cost solutions, ones that will work in even the tiniest of towns.
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March video & audio of the month:
The Tour of Empty Buildings
Webster City, Iowa, in 2013. The big factory had been closed for two years. Then Deb Brown drove into town to interview for the Chamber of Commerce director job.
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We believe small towns can be saved by their own people using their own resources.
We picked the name SaveYour.Town because that is what you are going to do, save your town. No one is coming to do it for you.
No factory or big business is going to save you. No outside expert has the one right answer. It’s you.
You are going to shift a few key behaviors away from bureaucracy and officials and toward the people. You’ll let go of old formal rules and organizations in order to empower everyone to play a small but meaningful role. You’ll focus more on tiny experiments by lots of people rather than a few big bets made by only a handful of official leaders. You’ll welcome all ideas, from all the people in your town.
That’s who’s coming to save your town: all of you.
Together, we’re teaching you specific ways to make your small town a better place. We’re creating the videos, courses and toolkits that help you learn, grow and take action.
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