Mapped Forward
Serving 313 connections in Arcadia, a town of more than 2,500 people in Bienville Parish in north-central Louisiana, Alabama Water System is the kind of small rural utility where limited staff often juggle complex regulatory…
When the River Rose
Located along the banks of the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, Texas, Ingram is a Hill Country community where neighbors know one another and volunteer service runs deep. But in July 2025, that sense of familiarity was…
Rooted in Memphis, Expanding to Atlanta
For 25 years, Makeda’s Homemade Butter Cookies, founded in Memphis, Tennessee, has built its reputation on a simple promise: scratch-made cookies, baked fresh with 100% pure butter, delivered with consistency and care.…
From Adversity to Comeback
By the time Michele Henegar first walked into the office at Siam Utility District, the problems were so deep that even longtime water professionals were backing away. Records were scattered in handwritten notebooks. There…
Two Decades in the Making
When Board Chairman Fred Hammack looks back on Delaware County Rural Water District #12’s journey, one moment always stands out — the day he was told the system first had to become official before it could ever move……
Full Backpacks
On Friday afternoons at Park Avenue Elementary in Stuttgart, Arkansas, a small but powerful ritual now takes place. Quietly, backpacks filled with an assortment of healthy foods and meals are slipped into the hands of…
Refusing to Quit
Thinking about regionalization for your rural water system? This video explains what regionalization means, why it matters, and why it takes time to do it right. After 30 years of planning, setbacks, and…
Habit Shift
When Jennie Christopher began teaching behavioral science to college students, she never imagined it would lead her beyond the classroom. Then, a few years ago, one of her students asked a question that changed everything.…
Showing Up
On an early January morning in College Hill, a small neighborhood in Texarkana, Arkansas, the last thing Anthony Williams wanted was attention. He stood quietly in his yard and watched small business owners haul away piles…
When Capital Meets Care
On a small piece of inherited land in Slaughter, a rural community in East Feliciana Parish in southeast Louisiana, Gigi’s Garden Groceries and Farm is cultivating more than herbs, vegetables, and fruit trees — it is growing…
Holding On
Help for small water systems is crucial. In far West Texas, near the Chinati Mountains and the Rio Grande, the small community of Candelaria has been around for more than 100 years. Founded in the early 1900s, it once had a…
Under Control
Across the U.S., alternative financing and entrepreneurship solutions are helping small business owners find new paths to growth and stability — and that’s exactly what happened for Jason Skelton, owner of S&S Auto…
Sounding Safety
After years of planning — and a devastating reminder of what was at stake — the City of Crockett in Houston County has completed the installation of six new outdoor warning sirens, significantly strengthening emergency…
Mapped Forward
Serving 313 connections in Arcadia, a town of more than 2,500 people in Bienville Parish in north-central Louisiana, Alabama Water System is the kind of small rural utility where limited staff often juggle complex regulatory…
When the River Rose
Located along the banks of the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, Texas, Ingram is a Hill Country community where neighbors know one another and volunteer service runs deep. But in July 2025, that sense of familiarity was…
Rooted in Memphis, Expanding to Atlanta
For 25 years, Makeda’s Homemade Butter Cookies, founded in Memphis, Tennessee, has built its reputation on a simple promise: scratch-made cookies, baked fresh with 100% pure butter, delivered with consistency and care.…
From Adversity to Comeback
By the time Michele Henegar first walked into the office at Siam Utility District, the problems were so deep that even longtime water professionals were backing away. Records were scattered in handwritten notebooks. There…
Two Decades in the Making
When Board Chairman Fred Hammack looks back on Delaware County Rural Water District #12’s journey, one moment always stands out — the day he was told the system first had to become official before it could ever move……
Full Backpacks
On Friday afternoons at Park Avenue Elementary in Stuttgart, Arkansas, a small but powerful ritual now takes place. Quietly, backpacks filled with an assortment of healthy foods and meals are slipped into the hands of…
Refusing to Quit
Thinking about regionalization for your rural water system? This video explains what regionalization means, why it matters, and why it takes time to do it right. After 30 years of planning, setbacks, and…
Habit Shift
When Jennie Christopher began teaching behavioral science to college students, she never imagined it would lead her beyond the classroom. Then, a few years ago, one of her students asked a question that changed everything.…
Showing Up
On an early January morning in College Hill, a small neighborhood in Texarkana, Arkansas, the last thing Anthony Williams wanted was attention. He stood quietly in his yard and watched small business owners haul away piles…
When Capital Meets Care
On a small piece of inherited land in Slaughter, a rural community in East Feliciana Parish in southeast Louisiana, Gigi’s Garden Groceries and Farm is cultivating more than herbs, vegetables, and fruit trees — it is growing…
Holding On
Help for small water systems is crucial. In far West Texas, near the Chinati Mountains and the Rio Grande, the small community of Candelaria has been around for more than 100 years. Founded in the early 1900s, it once had a…
