Local Enterprise
When a community determines change is necessary to advance the community-at-large, and it commits when and wherever feasible to buying locally, new suppliers rise to meet demands for goods and services. New businesses may first emerge as cottage industries and with time grow into storefronts. New opportunities entice existing enterprises to broaden current business plans to expand into new areas of associated commerce or enter new economic ventures. While recirculating money
Increasing desertification
Desertification is commonly described as the transformational conversion of fertile land into desert, primarily a result of extended seasons of drought, deforestation, or poor agricultural practices that extract soil nutrients, including irrigating with high saline waters. According to climate scientists in a recent 2020 report, desertification across the Intermountain West is increasing rapidly as one biproduct of ongoing changes to historic, seasonal weather patterns throug
