High-End Culture Comes to Shopping Malls
CharacterTowns.org enjoys the cross-overs between commerce and culture. The following article from the New York Times offers another example where […]
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Government 3.0 – Next Generation Government Technology Infrastructure and Services by Adegboyega Ojo & Jeremy Millard
Keeping up with technology and its applications to municipal governance is a constant exercise. Books such as the Government 3.0
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“Next Generation Infrastructure: Principles for Post-Industrial Public Works 2nd Edition” by Hillary Brown
Despite being five years old, the ideas and insights offered in Next Generation Infrastructure are useful when deciding how to
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Internet Service Master Plans. Alternative Concepts for Providing Internet Service.
Internet Service Master Plans are being developed, or at least explored, by communities across America. The two system configuration options
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Urban Infrastructure. A Holistic System of Smart, Green Facilities.
THE IDEA OF INFRASTRUCTURE. Character towns have strong, well-funded infrastructure systems. Potable water supply, wastewater disposal, solid waste collection and
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The Main Street Hotel, A Threshold Achievement.
Hotels for Tourists and Businesses. Character towns have places for people to spend the night: hotels, inns and B&Bs. Small
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America’s Main Street Hotels: Transiency and Community in the Early Auto Age
by John A. Jakle and Keith A. Sculle Hotels in small cities and towns have always been popular despite a
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Why Cities Look the Way They Do by Richard J. Williams
Mr. Williams’ book rightly points out that every city needs a strategy for prosperity based on authentic and unique assets
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Small Cities and Towns as Players in the Global Economy: The Character Town as an Entrepreneurial Town.
A vision that many small cities and towns may have is to be a participant in the global economy. With
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Startup Communities, Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City by Brad Feld
Brad Feld’s book offers a succinct, insightful and readable view into the world of entrepreneurs, the people that start, or