Relocation to the Buffalo Commons

Journal Articles

Moving to the Rural Great Plains Point of Origin Differences in the Decision Making Process was published in the Fall 2008 Great Plains Research. This article describes the motivations of recent migrants from both metropolitan and non-metropolitan points of origin, and identifies differences in how both push and pull factors are perceived. The Center for Great Plains Studies has granted permission to provide a link to this 2008 copyright article. Click here to view the article: Moving to the Rural Great Plains.

Community Recruitment and Retention of New Residents: A Study Using a Market Assessment Process will be published Spring 2009 in the On-line Journal of Rural Research & Policy. The article explores new resident recruitment and retention patterns perceptions and development strategies from both sides of the market—the demand side (new residents) and the supply/provider side (communities marketing themselves as a desirable places to live). Using an iterative Delphi survey process of community practitioners, with input fed into the analysis from new-resident focus group findings, we were able to assess current market performance in terms of the relative effectiveness of new-resident recruitment and retention programs and draw implications for future improvement.