Our History
WNAX Radio Series about the first 35 years of Center
A surprise culmination of all that reflection occurred when we were approached by WNAX, a radio station in Yankton, South Dakota, about partnering with them to produce a series of interviews about the history and work of the Center for Rural Affairs. The end result was a four-week series of radio stories produced by Judy Strattman and aired daily on her regularly scheduled program called “Judy’s Journal.” To listen to the series, click here.
A Timeline of the Center for Rural Affairs History
The Center has a long list of accomplishments and a deep rooted history. To read more about this legacy and how it was formed, click here.
The Center for Rural Affairs in the First 20 Years
A Short Memoir - Mostly More or Less True
The Forces that Led to the Organization of the Center
In 1973, we were employed by the Goldenrod Hills Community Action Agency, a Nebraska non-profit corporation that was federally funded to eliminate poverty in five Northeast Nebraska counties. Don was Deputy Director, Marty was a planner.
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25th Anniversary: Important Lessons We’ve Learned
The Center turned 25 in 1998. As part of our 25th anniversary year, we included articles in our newsletter about what we’ve learned. We discuss both issue-oriented programmatic topics as well as organizational topics. The articles are collected here.
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35th Anniversary: More Important Lessons
To celebrate 35 years of the Center's work is an article series produced for our monthly newsletter. We used the series as an opportunity to reflect on where the Center has been and where it is going. The articles are collected here.
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New Center Office Building
The Center for Rural Affairs continues fighting for Rural America from our new Lyons, Nebraska office.
A groundbreaking ceremony on June 6, 2003 kicked off construction of our new office. Moving day was December 22, 2003, accomplished with an outpouring of volunteers from Lyons and our staff and board.
