Patterns in the Openings and Closings of Manufacturing Plants in Rural Areas of Iowa by David L. Barkley and Arnold Paulsen, May 1979

(1979) Patterns in the Openings and Closings of Manufacturing Plants in Rural Areas of Iowa by David L. Barkley and Arnold Paulsen, May 1979. Iowa State University

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Abstract

During the late 1950s and all through the 1960s considerable interest in rural development has been shown by federal , state, and local government. Many regional, state, and local community development organization were formed to undertake a wide variety of measures to create jobs, raise total area production, reduce the rural-to-urban-migration, and provide more amenities for residents, industry, and business in rural areas. To induce industry to locate in rural communities has been view was a major means of achieving rural development. The methods and vigor employed by communities and states to attract outside capital and industry, for rural areas has varied widely.