Home First is a resident-first approach to tourism and outdoor recreation development created through University of Illinois Extension. It is designed for rural and small-town communities where tourism, visitor activity, and outdoor recreation may already affect daily life, even when the community has never formally considered itself a tourism destination.
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Tourism brings incredible benefits to communities, but without visitor education, it can also bring strain. That’s why Indiana Dunes Tourism partnered with Purdue University to pilot Travel with Care, a research-informed initiative designed to help destinations educate travelers about responsible and respectful behavior.
The University of Minnesota Tourism Center is excited to share with you a series of case studies about on-farm experiences. The case studies were created in response to Minnesota farmers’ and producers’ interest in creating on-farm experiences for their customers.
In this regional spotlight article, NET Design Team member Gwynn Stewart shares her tourism-related takeaways from the 2025 Community Development Society Conference, which was hosted in Geneva, NY.