Dr. Joe Sumners addresses his experience living in Creswell, Alabama and focuses on the issues surrounding rural Alabama communities. While easily, identified problems exist within these type communities, the practical solutions to solving the problems are rather complex and often buried under the lack of devoted leadership, as mentioned by Dr. Sumners.
The article was recently published by the Alabama League of Municipalities in The Alabama Municipal Journal for September/October 2018 edition.
The link below will direct you to the article.