The Pennsylvania Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship has launched a program called “The Wilds Are Working: A Remote Lifestyle Experience,” with the goal of luring remote workers to rural corners of the state. Bellefonte, the county seat in Centre County and Kane in McKean County were chosen as the pilots for the program.

Rural “Zoom towns” across the country have launched similar programs, some of them giving workers $10,000 to relocate there for one year.

On Friday’s Smart Talk is Abbi Peters, chief operations officer at the Pennsylvania Wilds Center.

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