The Rural Blog is awesome! I was fortunate enough and greatly blessed to have grown up under the influence of, and surrounded by, some great men and women. Al Cross was one of those people. He has always been, and will always be, an inspiration to me.

This blog is so interesting....what a great collection of articles. I read it every day.

I dont' know about you guys, but here is rural NYS we have been taken advantage in many ways by NYC water supply that used our water from the Catskill, the eminent domain laws which have let investors take land, and gas companies offereing enormous amounts of money to farmers who no longer can farm because of the recession. The first thing that started to happen to us was the lose of our manufacturers that employed most of the town. We used to make the bot for the Louieville Sluggers, the last one is in our historical association building. So what will get us back on the track of growth once again?

Great Blog Al!