A Commitment to the Community

Workshifters are those that don’t always work from an office. You may find yourself at a clients, in a coffee shop or at home.

Workershifters in a rural community have a great challenge. We are asked to bring our friends and families into this century. We choose to do it, because it needs to be done. We have stepped up to the plate and expect to hit the ball out of the park. Because that is what people in rural America do - we help each other.

Score.org gives these statistics for small businesses in the rural economy:

• Since 1969, the number of self-employed persons in rural America has increased over 240 percent to 5.3 million.
• There are more than 1.2 million rural, small businesses.
• In the rural economy, small business comprises almost two-thirds of jobs and 90 percent of rural establishments.
• In the service sector, rural firms are particularly important where they account for 64 percent of rural jobs and 89 percent of rural establishments.
• It is estimated that by 2015, one in three persons in rural America will be self-employed in some capacity.

We have a commitment to the community. This workshifter is determined to work with the small businesses where she lives to keep our community vibrant, exciting and growing.
By Deb Brown

The nice thing about living in a small town is that when you don’t know what you are doing, someone else does.

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