Swank Program in the News

         
           LEAVING MICHIGAN BEHIND: EIGHT-YEAR POPULATION EXODUS STAGGERS STATE, Mark
           Partridge is quote is this April 2, 2009 issue of the Detroit News.

           ECONOMIC CRISIS AND POLICY OPTIONS, Listen to Mark Partridge and Ian Sheldon on the
           implications of current government policy, March 17, 2009.

           CURRENT ECONOMIC CHALLENGES, Listen to Mark Partridge and Ian Sheldon on the current
           state of the economy at Town Hall Ohio, aired on March 8, 2009.

           PANEL TO SET AGENDA FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, Mark Partridge is quoted in this
           Jan 6, 2009 issue of The Dispatch.      
          
           THE DEATH AND LIFE OF SMALL ONTARIO TOWNS, Mark Partridge is quoted in this
           Dec 13, 2008 issue of The Toronto Star.
          
           IF NEW JOBS AREN'T WHERE POOR PEOPLE ARE, POVERTY PERSISTS, Mark Partridge is
           quoted in this Aug 8, 2008 issue of The Columbus Dispatch.        

          DESPERATION DRIVES MANY RURAL STARTUPS, Mark Partridge is quoted in this
          Feb 25,2008 issue of the Akron Beacon Journal    

          OHIO STATE STUDY URGES MORE FOCUS ON OHIO SMALL BUSINESSES, Mark Partridge is
          quoted in this Feb 29, 2008 issue of Columbus Business First         

          OHIO'S 'SHIFTING' POPULATION PRESENTING REGIONAL CHALLENGES, Mark Partridge is
          quoted in this May 30, 2007 release from News and Media Relations, Ohio State
          University Extension

          A JOINT EFFORT RURAL DEVELOPMENT IS ABOUT COOPERATION AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT,
          TOO, Mark Partridge is quoted in this April 17, 2007 issue of the WOOSTER DAILY RECORD.

          IOWA LIVESTOCK BECOME TARGETS OF THREATS, Mark Partridge is quoted in this March 23,
          2007 issue of the THE NEW YORK TIMES.  This AP article also appeared in the WASHINGTON
          POST and the HOUSTON CHRONICLE on that same date (these articles are no longer available
          on line).  U.S. STATE'S CORPORATE FARMS BECOMING TARGETS OF THREATS AND PROPERTY
          DAMAGE was the title given to this article as it appeared in the INTERNATIONAL HERALD
         TRIBUNE on March 22, 2007.

          COMMUNITY PLANNING IS URGENT, Mark Partridge is quoted in this October 2006 issue of
          OHIO FARMER magazine.

          DECLINING MEMBERSHIP FORCES RURAL CHURCHES TO CLOSE, Mark Partridge is quoted in
          this Associated Press article published September 26, 2006 in the AKRON BEACON JOURNAL
          and in the DAYTON DAILY NEWS on September 24, 2006.

          POVERTY STRIKES BIG CITIES AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF OHIO, Mark Partridge is quoted in this
          article that appeared in the September 3rd, 2006 CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER.