A growing body of research shows that innovative businesses are common in rural areas, and rural innovation gets a boost from the arts.

"One of the most persistent myths in America today is that urban areas are innovative and rural areas are not. While it is overwhelmingly clear that innovation and creativity tend to cluster in a small number of cities and metropolitan areas, it’s a big mistake to think that they somehow skip over rural America...

A growing body of research shows that innovative businesses are common in rural areas, and rural innovation gets a boost from the arts.

"One of the most persistent myths in America today is that urban areas are innovative and rural areas are not. While it is overwhelmingly clear that innovation and creativity tend to cluster in a small number of cities and metropolitan areas, it’s a big mistake to think that they somehow skip over rural America...