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 […]
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Trees and Tree Canopies
OBJECTIVE. Every community in America is concerned about increasing its tree canopy for its aesthetic, environmental and real estate value.
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The Benefits of Trees
Excerpts from Published Work… Public Health and Social Benefits: Clean air: Trees produce oxygen, intercept airborne particulates, and reduce smog,
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Urban Forest Master Plan
Excerpts from Published Works… The City of Tallahassee completed an Urban Forest Master Plan in 2018. The plan is a
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Arbor Day Foundation Benefits of Trees
Benefits of Trees. LINK: https://www.arborday.org/trees/benefits.cfm Trees can add value to your home, help cool your home and neighborhood, break the
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Lights Out: A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath by Ted Koppel
Implications for Small Cities and Towns. Electricity is the essential infrastructure in America’s economy andsociety. Small cities and towns have it
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Main Street Parks and Plazas, Open Air “Third Places”
MAIN STREET “THIRD PLACES” WHERE PEOPLE MEET CASUALLY, IN A PLEASANT SETTING. Downtown parks and plazas are ideal “third places”.
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Be Strategic, Leverage Every Main Street Asset
The place where commercial, civic and residential lives converge. Downtown’s focus is main street; the street with public buildings, gathering
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Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community by Robert D. Putnam
Nearly 20 years after publication, Bowling Alone still stands as the seminal work of the socialization of American twentieth century society; establishing
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It Takes A Village To Save A British Pub by Frank Langfitt
Villagers feared without the Packhorse, there would be no place in town for people to gather. So in 2012, John,