Featured in Gaylord Herald Times
In his September 2, 2019 opinion column, David Roland Finley, president of North Central Michigan College, reports on the Fallowses’ argument that, “Community colleges are the most crucial part of this…
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Interviewed on Arkansas Education Television Network
Barnes and a Conversation with…” in production for more than 20 years, is a cutting-edge current affairs program featuring conversations with a variety of prominent individuals from many interests and…
Featured in Sioux Falls.Business
Sioux Falls.Business reports on the Fallowses recent return visit to the city with an HBO film crew to film a segment of their upcoming documentary on Our Towns. As an…
Referenced in Fair Observer
In his July 29, 2019 article, Fair Observer Editor-in-Chief Atul Singh discusses Antoine van Agtmael and Fred Bakker’s 2016 book The Smartest Places on Earth. The authors make the case that many of the…
Featured in The Christian Science Monitor
Editor Mark Sappenfield‘s July 28, 2019 Christian Science Monitor column features Our Towns. The story references the trend among some young people to go back to rural America amid a pursuit…
Recommended Reading by The Presbyterian Outlook
The Presbyterian Outlook invited a variety of people they admire to share books that made an impression on them and that they think others will find meaningful. Our Towns tops their recommended summer…
Featured in Nonprofit Quarterly
Steve Dubb’s July 23, 2019 column in Nonprofit Quarterly highlights Jim and Deb Fallowses’ efforts to illustrate effective economic development activities in Danville, VA. The city’s focus on investing in building…
Featured in the Elk Rapids News
Barb Mosher of the Elk Rapids News features Jim and Deb’s upcoming appearance in Elk Rapids, Michigan, July 25 at 5:30 p.m., sponsored by Green Elk Rapids. Said Royce Ragland,…
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Featured on WDTN Dayton
WDTN TV’s BJ Bethel summarized a recent Ohio State University/Carnegie Endowment for Peace report with 10 takeaways. Number 10, “Microbreweries = Healthy City” was taken from the Our Towns list of 11…
Referenced in The American Spectator
In his American Spectator review of American Restoration: How Faith, Family, and Personal Sacrifice Can Heal Our Nation, G.Tracy Mehan III cites James and Deborah Fallows and Our Towns on,…
Referenced in Little Rock Soiree
Hank Kelley, the new president of the Rotary Club of Little Rock, has big plans, inspired in part by Our Towns. Read the article here.
Our Towns named Book of the Day
Our Towns is named June 11, 2019 Book of the Day by Book of the Day.org.
Featured in Sampsonia Way
In an interview with Sampsonia Way, the in-house magazine for City of Asylum, to which a chapter of Our Towns is devoted, Jim and Deb answer additional questions on travel,…
Small Towns, Big Ideas
Jim reports on a session he moderated on May 13, sponsored by the renowned social-entrepreneur organization Ashoka. Four of its fellows working in rural or small-town locations report on innovations…
Featured in The Dispatch
The Dispatch reported on James and Deborah Fallows and their HBO crew, in Columbus and Starkville, MS this week filming for their upcoming HBO documentary based on their Our Towns…