Nebraska Community Foundation is Rewriting the Rural Narrative

What a great time to be living, working and raising a family in Nebraska! This sentiment is shared by an increasing number of adults in the prime of their lives who are choosing to live in our rural communities. In 50 of Nebraska’s most rural counties population growth for people in their 30s and 40s is on the rise.

The 30- and 40-year-olds who are returning to smaller communities are likely to have expanded levels of education and career and leadership experience. They are representative of the 51 percent of Americans who say they would prefer to live in a small town or rural area, according to the Pew Research Center.

What Nebraska Community Foundation (NebraskaHometown.org) has been advocating for more than 20 years is now gaining traction. Today, people can choose to live and work just about anywhere. Our mission is to also enable them to choose our hometowns!

Community-led philanthropy is creating communities of choice across the state. Nebraska Community Foundation is proud to work alongside hundreds of ambitious people who are reinvesting in hometowns where young people want to live, work and raise their families.

For stories about hometown success and information on Nebraska Community Foundation, visit NebraskaHometown.org.