Featured on Esri Podcast
Esri’s Analyst Relations Lead Crista Crum hosts this podcast during which the Fallowses detail their findings from five years of interactions with business leaders, government leaders, and educators in some…
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Featured on C-SPAN at National Governors Association Conference
James and Deborah Fallows were featured panelists at the National Governors Association Winter Meeting on Feb. 23, joining former Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzger and Richard Haas, former State Dept. Policy…
Featured in the Victoria Advocate
University of Houston – Victoria President Robert Glenn recommended Our Towns to his fellow citizens interested in working with him to make the city more livable and attractive for newcomers.…
Named to Five Books’ Best Books List
Our Towns has been named to Five Books‘ list of Best Books on America’s Increasingly Challenged Position in World Affairs. Ali Wyne, a foreign policy analyst at the RAND Corporation,…
Featured on WITF’s Smart Talk
WITF’s February 18th Smart Talk program features James and Deborah Fallows discussing the characteristics of successful cities. Smart Talk, hosted by Scott LaMar, is a daily, live, interactive program featuring…
Fallowses to Launch Indiana Humanities’ INseparable Initiative
Indiana Humanities has announced James and Deborah Fallows will launch their INseparable initiative, a two-year effort to help Hoosiers evaluate how they relate to each other across real or imagined boundaries.…
Featured in The Advocate
In their February 15, 2019 editorial, The Advocate points to Our Towns for examples of local progress across the country. They posit that the book’s essential message is that, “Once…
Featured in The Press Democrat
In his February 15, 2019 column, Pete Golis references Deb Fallows‘ findings about the changing nature of libraries. “The best libraries, she wrote for The Atlantic magazine, are ‘bustling civic…
Referenced in Crain’s Cleveland Business
In his February 5, 2019 opinion column, Bloomberg’s Noah Smith References Our Towns‘ illustrations of paths of economic revival. He describes the potential duplication of efforts possible in the numerous…
Featured by the American Enterprise Institute
Jim and Deb Fallows were featured panelists at AEI’s discussion of their recent Survey on Community and Society. Watch the full panel discussion at this link.
Inaugural Guests on PBS’ Innovating the Future
Watch New America CEO Anne-Marie Slaughter’s interview with Jim and Deb Fallows, the inaugural guests on ‘Innovating the Future,’ a new program sponsored by the New America Foundation and Arizona PBS. Other…
Announced as Inaugural Guests on PBS’ ‘Innovating the Future’
Arizona PBS announced James and Deborah Fallows as the inaugural guests on the new program ‘Innovating the Future.’ Hosted by New America CEO Ann-Marie Slaughter on Friday evenings at 7:30pm starting…
Keynote Announced for Downtown Hattiesburg Annual Meeting
The Downtown Hattiesburg Association announced that James and Deborah Fallows will keynote their annual meeting on Feb. 20. They will share key components they’ve seen lead to success in small…
Referenced in York Co Supervisors Annual Retreat
In their annual retreat, the York County (VA) Board of Supervisors planned for the future of their community. They cited Our Towns for examples of initiatives working in other localities.
Reviewed by The Christian Century
In his January 14, 2019 review, Anthony B. Robinson describes the Our Towns story as, “an inspiring, even spiritual one.” Like congreations, he says, each renewal is unique. A problem-solving…
Recommended by Wake Forest University President
In his January 14, 2019 message to the University community, President Nathan Hatch advised cultivating the life of the mind and fostering character as goals in the new year. For…