America’s 25 Most Sociable Cities
Sociable cities are generally character towns. The Social Business Report provides data and analysis on the factors that create settings for […]
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A Ton of Greenhouse Gas
A Ton of Carbon Dioxide Gas is the size of a Volkswagen Beetle. Reports indicate that about 30 billion tons
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City of the Century: the Epic of Chicago and the Making of America.
The City of the Century focuses on Chicago from “the founding” to “the fire” to “the fair” to the First
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The 10 Best Cities for Job Seekers
Economic development is at the heart of this report. The 10 Best Cities for Job Seekers presents the criteria for
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Vibrant Downtowns; Dynamic and Multi-‐Faceted Centers for Social and Commercial Engagement
Vibrant downtowns define character towns. People seem to enjoy life in certain small town downtowns and special places with bigger
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The City’s Form and Function – 2015: A Model for a Sustainable Character Town
The city’s form and function is based on sustainability theory tells us to balance and cross-leverage the social, economic and
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Systems Thinking; The City is a System of Systems.
Systems Thinking is a learned skill. Systems thinking and creative thinking are the yin and yang of thoughtfulness; apparently conflicting
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Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth
Futurism based on conventional thinking finds an uncomfortable home in Professor Fuller’s book. Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth is another “oldie
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The 10 Best Small Towns
10 best small towns provides insight into what traits are important to a character town. “Livability.com explores what makes small-to-medium
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Shaping Our Nation: How Surges of Migration Transformed America and Its Politics [2013].
Population origins make a difference. Shaping Our Nations by Michael Barone tells the story of several mass migrations and imigrations that