On the rural brain drain

How should we keep young people from leaving your small town?

From your vantage point as an educator, a student, a parent or a community leader - MPR News wants to know how your town or city is managing to keep their young people. Share your experience below.

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Briefly tell us about your community.

How are you connected to the young people in your community (click all that apply):

I am a young person
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I'm a parent of a student in college
I work in the schools
I counsel young people as part of my work
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Please explain your answer above.

Tell us what your community does to retain young people who leave for college or for other reasons (such as the military).

Tell us what your community does to assist those young people that stay in getting employment and job training.

Tell us what we should know about retaining young people in your community.

Now, please answer a few questions that will help us better understand your perspective. None of this information is required, and all of it will remain private to the newsroom.

In what year were you born?

What do you do for work?

What is your household income?

May we use your insights or questions as part of any on air or web presentation? We will include your full name and location and we may edit for length and clarity.

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