Tag: "rural development"
America’s Greatest Main Streets?
Travel and Leisure magazine has put together a list of what they consider to be America’s greatest main streets. The work of such activists and preservationists is acknowledged each year by the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Great American Main Streets Awards and by the American Planning Association’s Great Places in America: Streets. We scoured [...]
Seen Mr. Joad or Preacher Casey around these parts?
As if the news isn’t depressing enough. Check out this report from the Christian Science Monitor.
Quasi-Rural Innovation
No, quasi-rural isn’t a farmer with back problems. The term refers to small metropolitan areas, like Burlington, VT. These places sometimes can produce some interesting economic innovations. (Did you know that the first US patent was granted to a Vermont farmer?) A recent article in the Burlington Free Press highlights some of the latest in [...]
Can Design save Rural America?
Emily Pilloton talks about her efforts to promote rural revitalization by introducing a “design/build” approach to schools in rural North Carolina.
