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Category Archives: Economic Life

October 12, 2016

And Now for Something Saner and More Positive: Fresno, Erie

Civic Life, Community Redevelopment, Economic Life, Erie PA, Fresno CA

And Now for Something Saner and More Positive: Fresno, Erie

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by James Fallows

New notes on Fresno and Erie  (Read it here.)

September 14, 2016

The Ebbs and Flows of Coastal Maine

Civic Life, Eastport ME, Economic Life, Life on the Road

The Ebbs and Flows of Coastal Maine

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by Deborah Fallows

Quoddy Village was built ahead of its time.

(Read it here.)

September 11, 2016

Erie’s Unlikely Benefactor: Its Casino

Civic Life, Economic Life, Erie PA

Erie’s Unlikely Benefactor: Its Casino

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by James Fallows

Legalized gambling is a familiar part of the modern American landscape. But an innovative scheme in a lakeside city in western Pennsylvania shows new possibilities for putting casino revenue to positive public use.

(Read it here.)

September 4, 2016

The World Comes to a Tiny Town: Eastport’s Lesson in Globalization

Eastport ME, Economic Life

The World Comes to a Tiny Town: Eastport’s Lesson in Globalization

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by James Fallows

Even the most remote-seeming corners of America can find themselves in the middle of quick-moving global trends. (Read it here.)

September 2, 2016

Eastport Update: Electric Power from the Sea

Eastport ME, Economic Life

Eastport Update: Electric Power from the Sea

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by James Fallows

An update on what’s happening in Eastport, Maine — three years after our first reporting trip there. (Read it here.)

August 26, 2016

‘America is a Dream Country’

Civic Life, Economic Life, Erie PA

‘America is a Dream Country’

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by Deborah Fallows

What does it mean to spend years as a Syrian refugee and then land in a brand new life in Erie, Pennsylvania?  (Read it here.)

August 25, 2016

Erie’s New American Dream

Community Redevelopment, Development, Economic Life, Entrepreneurs, Erie PA

Erie’s New American Dream

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by James Fallows

Relying on media or political voices alone, it’s easy to see places like the Rust Belt as blighted and economically run-down. But innovation, creativity, and diversity are redefining the nation’s mid-sized cities. (Read it here.)

July 8, 2016

The Story of Ernestor

Civic Life, Dodge City KS, Economic Life

The Story of Ernestor

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by James Fallows

Dodge City, Kansas relies on undocumented immigrants—from meatpacking workers to the city’s assistant finance director.  (Read it here.)

June 13, 2016

Finding Health Care in the Desert

Ajo AZ, Economic Life

Finding Health Care in the Desert

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by Deborah Fallows

With the closest hospital 100 miles away, Ajo, Arizona’s Desert Senita Health Center acts as the region’s clinic. (Read it here.)

June 9, 2016

Why the Maker Movement Matters: Part 2, Agility

Economic Life, Uncategorized

Why the Maker Movement Matters: Part 2, Agility

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by James Fallows

Business are finding that “makerspaces” enable them to reduce what’s known as the mind-to-market gap: how long it takes for an idea to become a thing on a shelf. (Read it here.)

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