What Would an Ideal College Look Like? A Lot Like This
While you’re busy designing your version of the ideal, I can take a nap or go fishing, because somebody has already built mine: Champlain College.
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Now, for More Good News About America: Avidyne to the Rescue!
When you have the opportunity to give a deserved compliment, don't let it pass.
EATNN TTUNA SNWCH – hold (at) MAYYO: More on the Secret Language of the Skies
"The approach fixes, in order, are TRAMP, FLOZY, SILKY, and JAKOR. I'm sensing a pattern here but would love to know the back story."
ITAWT ITAWA PUDYE TTATT: The Secret Language of the Skies
Aviation has a lot of special language, like sailing or gymnastics. Its brief, even curt efficiency and orderly templates keep planes on course and out of each other’s way. For…
How Did a ‘Public Ivy’ Take Root in Vermont?
And the remarkable symbiosis that enriches both the city and its university
The Question We Keep Running Into: What Turns a Town Around?
Plus, a nationwide golden age of beer.
Vermont Report: Shaping the Soul of a School
Shaping the Soul of a School
A New Type of Growing City
"This is where the talent wants to live"
Back on the Bright Side: Silicon Valley in Vermont
Why did this company end up on the shores of Lake Champlain, rather than on the San Francisco Bay or Puget Sound?
Magical Roundabouts and the Language of Signs
Exploring the sociocultural landscape of Burlington
Buying Local: the Google Angle
OK, I'm biased—but I think this is an interesting new project.
On Making and Taking, in Trenton and Around the World
Respect for the Garden State and its industrial heritage.
Burlington Makes, the World Takes: The Story of NRG Systems
Why Vermont, for this kind of business? Away from traditional manufacturing centers, and tech-world complexes, and even easy transport routes? The cold mountains and the early wind turbines are a sort-of explanation. Plus, as I heard, a 19th-century-onward heritage of precision machine production in the area. But there were two elements of the “why here? why now?” story I found provocative for further discussion.
If You Thought a Profitable Newspaper Was Surprising, How About This: A Pleasant Airport
More strange tales from the North Country.
From Burma to Burlington: The Story of ‘Brings Luck’
A refugee finding a new life.
Strange Tales From the North Country: A Profitable (Print) Newspaper
What's black and white and read all over, at least in the Green Mountain state.