Marisa Crane and Hannah Kessler, young artists working with GPLD. Picture Stephen Garnett Photography. A PROGRAMME designed to attract more young people to live and work in the Dales is hosting an event which poses the question: ‘Is the future rural?’ Great Place: Lakes and Dales, backed by Craven District Council, is holding two streamed events next week with a variety of speakers talking on the subject of successfully working and living in the Craven countryside. The free events, will also talk about the many creative events the programme has supported in the three years it has been running, including the Hinterlands rural film festival, which is due to take place in Skipton for a second time next month.