How Danville Has Avoided Omaha’s Mistake
How the bittersweet heritage of old buildings in Danville, Virginia has helped them avoid the mistakes of Omaha..
Economic Development
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Bitwise Goes Big
Fresno tech startup, Bitwise gets $27 million in funding to expand its operations.
The Reinvention of a Downtown: Danville’s Story Part 2
A snapshot of the efforts paying off in reviving Danville's downtown.
The Reinvention of Danville’s Downtown: Part 1
A factory town coming back
How a ‘Communiversity’ Works
Real collaboration in Mississippi
What David Halberstam Learned in Mississippi
A Journalistic Icon's First Lessons
National Policies Have Local Effects
Changes—in trade policies, and for refugees—are making the United States more closed, rather than more open
Dead Malls, Everywhere
Readers weigh in on malls past their prime
Dead Malls, Reborn Cities
Ideas from the readers
What Happens to Abandoned Malls?
Opinions differ
‘Unknown Outside Indiana’
The previous four “Our Towns” posts have been about Indiana: One about Angola and the importance of its relationship with Trine University; one about Fort Wayne and its ambitious reconstruction of a cavernous abandoned GE works;…
What We Saw in Muncie
How a university is helping a town move forward
Fort Wayne Makes Its Own Luck
Breadth, density, and boldness of experimentation
A Community Finding a Path Forward
The civic-renewal mix in Angola, Indiana
The Reinvention of America
Americans don’t realize how fast the country is moving toward becoming a better version of itself.
Eastport Postcard
A report on progress in Eastport.