What Makes a Good Main Street Work?
“Shortly before this essay’s original posting, I participated in a terrific conference called From Main Street to Eco-Districts: Greening Our […]
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New Downtown Retail and Restaurant Site Design Factors
The New Active Zone of Shops and Restaurants. Whether you are worried about the new normal, returning to the old
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A Quintessential Character Town: Harrodsburg KY.
HISTORY. First town west of the mountains, 1836. Settled by Daniel Boone and James Harrod. Harrodsburg is a free-standing town
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Character Towns as Entrepreneurial Cities.
Character Towns are Ideal Entrepreneurial Cities. Character towns are not just pretty places; when well designed, they accommodate innovators, social
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Contents – December 2020
CONTENTS December 2020 Issue #155 IDEAS FOR SMALL CITIES AND TOWNS… Character Towns, A Preface Community Aesthetics Main Street’s
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Small Cities and Towns: 2050.
Find the Role for Main Street. As e-commerce continues to intrude into the downtown market place, as the next generation
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Main Street as the City’s Holistic Center of Society.
Main Street as the Small City’s Social, Civic and Commercial Center. Main street has done a lot for America; and more
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Radically Rural Offers Six Exciting Program Tracks!
Radically Rural is built around six engaging program tracks that are highly relevant for rural communities and small towns: Arts
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Museums, Launching Pads for the Future.
A Reflection of Downtown Values. Museums can be about anything; mostly they are about the values of the host community.
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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