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The introduction of Curbed Senior Reporter Patrick Sisson’s article references James and Deborah Fallowses’ discussion of the power of localism, “how local governments — from small towns to superstar cities — represent innovation,…

In his December 22, 2018 column, Ethan Aronoff recommends Our Towns to his fellow citizens, saying, “In my humble opinion, one of the best books published this year is Our…

Bill O’Brien of Oklahoma City’s Against the Grain, referenced the presence of a local brewery as one of the Fallowses’ indicators of rebirth in a community. OKC’s new Elk Valley…

Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu selected Our Towns in The Wall Street Journal’s annual “Who Read What” compilation. Said Landrieu, “Having spent the last eight years of my 30-year career…

Bloomberg’s annual list of recommendations from some of the most powerful people in finance and industry includes Our Towns, lauded by Steve Case, former CEO and Chairman of AOL.

The Roanoke Times‘ Sunday, December 9, 2018 editorial measures Roanoke’s progress against the first of the Fallowses’ signs of civic success: civic governance. The Times editors score Roanoke and the…

Our Towns is Johnny Jet’s December 4, 2018 Travel Book of the Week. If you’re looking for a good book to take on your Christmas vacation, he recommends simply, “Grab…

In the December 7, 2018 book review for the USA Today Network – Wisconsin, the Green Bay Press Gazette describes James and Deborah Fallowses’ collaborative writing of Our Towns as…

In his December 5, 2018 column, Howard Grossman touts the Fallowses’ ten principles from Our Towns, which he feels can be utilized in the region to look at new ways…

Howard Blumenthal finds himself drawn, not to megalopolises, but to smaller cities around the world. Along the way he found the same signs of civic success as James and Deborah…

In John Reinan’s November 26, 2018 review, he describes the Fallowses’ level of immersion as the reason they could accurately author a road map for cities seeking direction. He concludes,…

In his November 21, 2018 article, Win McCormack, Editor in Chief of The New Republic, discusses Gary Hart’s 30 years of contributions to American government and American political discourse —…

WITF, a broadcast and media services organization serving central Pennsylvania, in partnership with Midtown Scholar Bookstore in Harrisburg, selected Our Towns as their November 2018 pick of the month. In…

In her November 20, 2018 column, Constance Alexander provides local examples that support Deborah Fallows’ assertion in Our Towns that, in a library, “You see the people, programs, problems, and…

Just in time for your Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping, 101 books recommended by urban experts and Curbed contributors — including James and Deborah Fallowses’ Our Towns. They exhort,…

In their Nobember 19, 2018 report for the New England Board of Higher Education Journal, Bruce Mallory, Quixada Moore-Vissing, and Michele Holt-Shannon report on the state of New Hampshire Listens,…