Enjoyed Community Forum
Living and working in a small rural community isn’t always possible, but after I attended the Rural Community Forum in Bismarck on June 13th on ways that encourage entrepreneurship, I realized that this could be a reality. After hearing what other rural communities in North Dakota are doing to survive, it made me think about what we have in our little town of Hazelton and surrounding areas and how we can make it work for us. It just takes a little imagination, research, and the entrepreueurial spirit to open your own business. We already have an available building on main street that could accommodate any type of business and a way to market those ideas through a partnership with the ND Commerce Dept. Through our local Hazelton Newsletter and community blogging, ideas to open you own business can be relayed to those people who may be interested in a new career or a way to “stay home and work in your own community”. Who knows, the right person may have the right idea to keep Hazelton on the map!