A rational, planned approach with additional factors: the importance of local resources and a commitment to follow through capacity and competencies in rural communities are integral to a successful population growth to implement growth strategies and the need for strategy. [...] The population comparison between growing municipalities and declining municipalities is shown in Figure 1. The total population in the growing municipalities according to the 1991 census was 4,805 people. [...] Growth Strategies for Rural Communities: a Preliminary Investigation 9 RuRal Development InstItute GROwING MUNICIPalITIeS capacity, recreation and culture, tourism, The Town of Russell, the RM of Pipestone, and attraction of new business/industry, expansion the RM of Coldwell were the three growing of existing business/industry, and regional municipalities. [...] The RM of Coldwell was selected for the case Participants discussed eleven growth initiatives study because its population increased slightly that can be categorized as growth strategies between 1991 and 2011, while the population in focused on: attraction of migrants/immigrants, the other RMs in the SLA of Siglunes-St. [...] According to the local website, Lundar is the regional service centre and the main industries in the area are agriculture, fishing, recreation, and tourism.