Dec 18, 2018
“RealSmallTowns is a tapestry of community commitment woven through stories of people and place” In an effort to reframe the dominant narrative about rural America (losing population, clannish, and conventional to a fault,) RealSmallTowns is working to create a...
Dec 5, 2018
In his book, Building The Agricultural City—A Handbook For Rural Renewal, Robert Wolf asks the question: “Is there a means by which we can construct a society in which the human being is central, not peripheral, with an economy that serves us? One in which it is...
May 18, 2018
It is always a treat to visit the Olympic Peninsula —especially the folks at Finnriver Farm and Cidery in Chimacum— to see how things are evolving. Since my last visit in 2015, Finnriver has considerably expanded their already ambitious project, continuing to build...
Apr 4, 2018
Viroqua, Wisconsin has been increasingly recognized as the small town that could… a place where time and time again, creativity, chutzpah, and community have coalesced to add lasting value and vitality to the town. The opening of Pierce Hill Performing Arts this...
Feb 28, 2018
It was just supposed to be an ordinary vacation—a brief escape from a job and a drive with a friend. But an unplanned detour that landed me in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, proved to be a life-changing event. I had lived in small towns most of my life, visited many more,...