Join WGA Policy Advisor Laura Cutlip as she talks with experts from North Dakota to New Mexico about how developing a “sense of place” is an important step in reinventing rural communities and their economies.

 A Sense of Place features conversations with: Daved Lundeen, Executive Director of the North Dakota-based Williston Downtowners Association; Kim Konikow, Executive Director of the North Dakota Council on the Arts; and Melvin Juanico, Operations Manager for the Sky City Cultural Center and Haak’u Museum in New Mexico.

This episode continues our series on Reimagining the Rural West, the Chairman’s Initiative of North Dakota Gov. and WGA Chair Doug Burgum, which is examining challenges and opportunities in rural economic development, infrastructure and quality of life in the West.

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Previous Episodes:

• Episode 1: Reimagining the Rural West: A conversation with WGA Chair and North Dakota Gov. Burgum about why he chose to pursue this Initiative.
• Episode 2: Reimagining the Rural Narrative: Rural sociologist Ben Winchester explains why the negative narrative surrounding rural communities is just not true.

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