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Do small towns suffer from a bad narrative?

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It's time to try to change the narrative about small towns, said University of Minnesota Extension Research Fellow Ben Winchester. He was the keynote speaker at a Center for Small Towns conference hosted by the University of Minnesota- Morris this week.

Leaders of towns around the country are trying to buck the very-heavily debated suggestion that small towns are dying. Winchester joins The Daily Circuit to discuss the future of small and rural towns.