Kim Huston, an economic developer in Bardstown, Ky., a community of 11,000 people, was one of the speakers at the 21st annual Rural Community Economic Development Conference at the Holiday Inn City Centre. The event concludes Thursday morning.
Huston said it was important for small towns to be more attractive to youth. "We have to engage the next generation," she said.
If a town's population has large numbers of people 65 and over, "Your town's in trouble," said Huston.
But Huston has a two-word reaction to young people who grow up in a small town and want to leave. "Let them," she said.
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