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1、NSF Smart&Connected Communities Grants,#1736718�Overcoming the Rural Data Deficit to Improve Quality of Life and Community Services in Smart&Connected Small CommunitiesBuilding Resilient Rural Communities:Building Resilient Rural Communities:Belonging Through BridgingBelonging Through Bridgi

2、ngMegen OToole Megen OToole Iowa State UniversityIowa State UniversityNSF Smart&Connected Communities Grants,#1736718�Overcoming the Rural Data Deficit to Improve Quality of Life and Community Services in Smart&Connected Small CommunitiesAcres of corn planted by county,2022.Source:USDA,Natio

3、nal Agricultural Statistics ServiceNSF Smart&Connected Communities Grants,#1736718�Overcoming the Rural Data Deficit to Improve Quality of Life and Community Services in Smart&Connected Small Communities940 towns in Iowa,c.2023Smallest=Population 11(As of 2024)Largest=211,034(As of 2022)Appr

4、oximately 50%of towns in Iowa Approximately 50%of towns in Iowa have fewer than 500 residentshave fewer than 500 residentsAll passenger rail service is gone other than one line through southern Iowa on Amtrak(national rail service)Railroad map,1904(one of the densest networks in the US at the time s

5、erving many small towns)NSF Smart&Connected Communities Grants,#1736718�Overcoming the Rural Data Deficit to Improve Quality of Life and Community Services in Smart&Connected Small Communitiesadverse growthdeclinethrivesmart shrinkageRural Smart Shrinkage ProjectRural Smart Shrinkage Project

6、Began in 2019Iowa Small Towns ProjectIowa Small Towns Project99 towns in the Iowa Small Town PollQuadrant analysis of the poll data.https:/smalltowns.soc.iastate.edu/https:/smalltowns.soc.iastate.edu/Collaborating TownsCollaborating Towns:Bancroft,Corning,Elma,Everly,Mt.Ayr,Sac CityNSF Smart&Connect