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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Character Town Community Theaters, “Edu-tainment” Emporiums.
Historical Role of Main Street….Theaters in Small Cities and Towns. Character towns with city planners promote community theaters. They attract
Small Cities can Prevent and Reduce Plastic Pollution.
The Issue Character towns and small cities can prevent and reduce plastics in their waste stream. Plastics have enriched us
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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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The Design and Content of Character Main Streets.
The design and content of nine Central Florida’s Character Main Streets reveals important attributes that entitles these small cities to
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City Halls and Post Offices, The Essential Main Street Assets
Character towns view City hall as the downtown icon. Downtown doesn’t seem like downtown without a visible city hall, especially
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Be Innovative; Create a Tech-Driven Small City Main Street.
Small City Innovation Advantages. Small cities and towns have a tremendous advantage over larger communities when it comes to innovation
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Small City Amphitheaters: Edu-tainment al fresco
The Greeks. Amphitheaters have been with us for a long time; perhaps since the beginning of human existence. Formal amphitheaters
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The Design and Content of a Character Main Street
CENTRAL FLORIDA’S CHARACTER MAIN STREETS.The five county Orlando Region is fortunate to have many small cities and towns with character