Character Town Organizations
The Primary Vehicles for Civic Sociability and Community Collaboration. Organizations Drive Civility and Sociability. The organizations in a town reflect […]
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The Guggenheim Effect
Small City and Town Museums: Great Opportunities for Community Volunteers. Every town has a history, a founding story; most towns
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The Character Main Street
A VISION FOR MAIN STREET: SOCIAL. Main street has done a lot for America; and more will be asked of
BOOKS
The Little Theatre on the Square: Four Decades of a Small-Town Equity Theatre by Beth Shervey PhD
The Idea of Theaters in Small Cities and Towns. Exploiting remnant single screen theaters as venues for live performances or,
VIDEOS
Character Towns: Attractive to Residents, Visitors and Businesses
“Character towns” attractive to residents, businesses and visitors. This webinar was given by the Florida League of Cities University to
BOOKS
Startup Communities, Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City by Brad Feld
Brad Feld’s book offers a succinct, insightful and readableview into the world of entrepreneurs, the people that start, or co-found,
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Planning as a Useful Activity: Planning is Preparing to Solve Known Problems, Being Ready for Unanticipated Events and Taking Advantage of Opportunities.
A “PLUG” FOR PLANNING. Amazingly, not everyone believes planning is a useful activity. There are the old “communism” cries that
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City Building in a Hot, Flat and Crowded Post-American World, by Fukuyama, Zakaria and Friedman
Three Views of Governance in the 21st Century: The three books, written before the Great Recession, resonate today. Messrs. Fukuyama,
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Master Downtown Systems: Technology Enhanced
DOWNTOWN IS A SYSTEM OF SYSTEMS. The very nature of a main street in a downtown is that of a
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The Strategic Main Street: Everything Leveraged.
LEVERAGE PUBLIC BUILDINGS. City Hall must be on or near main street to get the full impact of its influence.