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In his September 8, 2019 column in the Holland Sentinel, Douglas Brouwer writes about the positive changes he’s seen since his return to Holland, MI in the last year. The…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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 is named June 11, 2019 Book of the Day by Book of the Day.org.

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,…

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…

Citi IO features James and Deborah Fallows in their April 29, 2019 article, “How Cities Became the new Laboratory of Democracy.” The Fallowses are cited for the numerous urban success…

On April 25, 2019, The Atlantic announced they are expanding James and Deborah Fallowses’ cross-country reporting project, Our Towns, with support from Grow with Google. The Fallows will visit towns they…

Following Jim and Deb Fallowses’ talk at the World Affairs Council in Jacksonville on April 9, 2019, Jim Crooks, professor emeritus of history at the University of North Florida discussed…

The Atlantic  profiled one of their own yesterday, honoring long-time national correspondent James Fallows on his election to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. In his nearly 50 years…