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Category Archives: Civic Life

October 20, 2014

In Which I Am Recruited To Switch Political Teams

Politics and Governance

In Which I Am Recruited To Switch Political Teams

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by James Fallows
“What you are discovering on your road trip is the genius of conservatism.” (Read it here.)

October 11, 2014

Ingredients of a Better City: How Arts Play Their Part

Arts, Columbus OH, Community Redevelopment • Tags: Columbus OH

Ingredients of a Better City: How Arts Play Their Part

Photo by Jessica Phelps

Photo by Jessica Phelps

by James Fallows
A soft-power approach to hard economic and social problems (Read it here.)

October 10, 2014

How to Attract Artists to a Down-And-Out Neighborhood

Arts, Columbus OH, Community Redevelopment • Tags: Columbus OH

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by John Tierney
Columbus, Ohio, has figured out how to draw creative types to an area it is hoping to revitalize. (Read it here.)

October 7, 2014

How the Boy Scouts Are Adapting to Modern American Life

Allentown PA, Local Institutions • Tags: Allentown PA

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by James Fallows
A local example of a century-old organization finding a new place and role for itself (Read it here.)

October 7, 2014

How Are the Boy Scouts Doing in American Cities?

Allentown PA, Local Institutions • Tags: Allentown PA

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by John Tierney
A visit to the headquarters of the Minsi Trails Council in Allentown, Pennsylvania, reveals the lasting influence of the organization—and some of the challenges of modern parenting. (Read it here.)

October 6, 2014

Re-Knitting the Frayed Social Fabric: What Libraries Can Do Reply

Civic Life, Local Institutions

Re-Knitting the Frayed Social Fabric: What Libraries Can Dolead-12
by James Fallows
As Ohio goes, so goes the nation—or at least we can hope so in this case. (Read it here.)

October 6, 2014

Not Your Mother’s Library

Civic Life, Columbus OH, Local Institutions • Tags: Columbus OH, Libraries

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by Deborah Fallows
How Columbus, Ohio, is building community spaces for the 21st century (Read it here.)

September 22, 2014

Water, Water Everywhere: Lehigh Valley Edition

Allentown PA, Politics and Governance

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by James Fallows
Allentown deals with fiscal problems from its past with a bet about water supplies for its future (Read it here.)

September 22, 2014

The City That Turned Its Water Into Cash

Allentown PA, Politics and Governance

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by John Tierney
“We’ve got unfunded obligations in the hundreds of millions. What can we leverage?” (Read it here.)

September 18, 2014

Vaulting to Great Heights in Allentown

Allentown PA, Local Institutions • Tags: Gymnastics

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by Deborah Fallows
How girls from the Lehigh Valley become world-class gymnasts (Read it here.)

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