VCEDC Board Chairman Jim Tuckwell Featured on Minnesota Public Radio

By Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

December 22, 2020

If home is where you have to work, go to school, recreate and relax, why not live where you want?

That’s the question being considered by millions of Americans, especially those who live in expensive, urban areas. The growing trend of remote work, which isn’t expected to disappear when the pandemic ends, makes it feasible to live closer to nature, or in less densely populated parts of the country.

VCEDC Board Chairman Jim Tuckwell was featured today on Minnesota Public Radio to discuss the trend in Americans migrating because of the pandemic and why Vilas County has seen an influx of new residents because of pandemic-induced migration.

Click below to listen to the full interview: 

https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2020/12/23/americans-are-migrating-because-of-the-pandemic  

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