The Housing Issue in Monmouth, Illinois
Monmouth faces the issue of a lack of housing availability for incoming, young, newer families and plans to alleviate it by creating additional housing opportunities…
260 Reports: Small Town- Challenges and Opportunities
This semester, students in my COMM 260-Introduction to Journalism course contacted over 20 community organizations; public and private, government, profit and nonprofit; to see what issues the Monmouth community faces. After researching and interviewing numerous community members, this work shows that the challenges faced by Monmouth is not that different than what many other small communities face. To meet those challenges it takes a whole community working together to turn challenges into opportunity.
Chris Goble
Instructor and Advisor to Monmouth College Student Media
Monmouth College