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Max Taps was named after Dave and Shelly's dog, Maxine. Photo by Barbara Hunt.

Carl W. Hunt
February 24, 2022

Entrepreneurship. Gatherings of friends and colleagues. Industry leadership. Great American traditions. These are prime ingredients of successful local community taprooms. And, as forecasted in my December 2021 post, these pieces…

Uniontown, Pennsylvania, the birthplace of George C. Marshall, as seen from nearby Farmington, on Sept. 3, 2021. USDA Photo Media by Lance Cheung.

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Economic Development

Renewing the Call for a Marshall Plan for America

Michael Cooper
February 22, 2022

Seven decades ago, a plan to rebuild fragile, wounded countries swept across Western Europe. That idea should serve as a blueprint for American towns and cities and regions left behind today, argues Michael Cooper.

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Press

Just in time, hotel back on track

Shelli Stockton
February 19, 2022

In their February 19, 2022 editorial, The Frederick News-Post references Deborah and James Fallows’s book Our Towns and its list of traits seen in successful cities, one of which is…

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Press

The larger value two national journalists see in Latter-day Saint missions

Shelli Stockton
February 18, 2022

Tad Walch of the Deseret News reported on Deborah and James Fallows’s February 17, 2022 appearance at a BYU, Provo forum. The Fallowes compared their experiences living in China and…

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Media

Anarchism is…James Fallows’s Our Towns

Shelli Stockton
February 16, 2022

In this conversation, James joins host Graham Culbertson for a discussion of the dysfunction of the federal government, its historically reactionary nature, and the way that “Our Towns” offer a…

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Media

Writers James and Deborah Fallows speak on hope for improving local communities

Shelli Stockton
February 15, 2022

The Daily Universe reported on James and Deborah Fallowses’ February 15, 2022 forum at BYU. In addition to specific ideas they shared for for what people can do to improve…

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Press

Forum: Finding your community

Shelli Stockton
February 15, 2022

BYU News’s Jenna Knaupp reported on James and Deborah Fallowses’ forum address to the campus on Tuesday, February 15, 2022. In their reporting, which developed into the “Our Towns” book…

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Press

Writers bring experiences of small-town America to BYU

Shelli Stockton
February 15, 2022

Ashtyn Asay of the Daily Herald profiled Deborah and James Fallows’s appearance at BYU, Provo in her February 15, 2022 article. The Fallowses commented on the role young people play…

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Media

Listen to “James & Deborah Fallows on ‘Our Towns’: a Craftsmanship Artisan Interview”

Shelli Stockton
February 10, 2022

This husband-and-wife journalism team spent four years crisscrossing the United States in a small plane, visiting dozens of small towns. They saw communities engaged in a vigorous process of economic…

The Keene Valley Library in Keene, New York

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Libraries

Building Bridges within and among Communities through Stories

Allie Kuroff
February 8, 2022

Not all bridges are physical. The ways communities are connecting with one another, and themselves, is happening differently in light of COVID-19 and with new tools like OurStoryBridge: an online platform that captures and houses community stories.

Along the C&O Canal in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Deborah Fallows.)

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Parks & Recreation

The River Walk Theory of Life

Deborah Fallows
February 2, 2022

Bucksport's waterfront is a major natural asset for the Maine town. And along it runs Bucksport's Walkway. Here's a look at the river walk and why it matters.

The path a regional jet took this past Thursday, after taking off from Dulles airport outside Washington and then quickly returning, following a clockwise route. The plane is ID’d on this map as Delta 3857, and its passengers had Delta tickets. On air-traffic frequencies it is called “SkyWest 3857,” the name of the Delta feeder airline. (This image is a screenshot from the AirNav RadarBox site.)

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Aviation

Cooperation, Calm, and Competence: This Is How It Sounds

James Fallows
February 1, 2022

In the skies over Dulles airport last week, pilots and controllers gave an example of grace under pressure.

A global map at Foxconn complex in southern China where some 220,000 people worked, during James Fallows' visit there 10 years ago. Photo courtesy of James Fallows.

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Economic Development

“Ally-Shore” to Restore U.S. Economic Leadership and Protect Democracy

Elaine Dezenski and John C. Austin
January 30, 2022

"Allyshoring" offers the United States benefits locally, nationally, and internationally. What is "allyshoring," why does it matter? Why is it important now? Elaine Dezenski and John Austin explain.

The University of Charleston, through the mist, in a scene from Our Towns. (HBO)

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Civic Life

The Past, the Future, the Present: Updates from Coast to Coast

James Fallows
January 28, 2022

A Fellow named, college services goes big, and scenes from a Day of Enlightened Living—here are three updates on stories we've been following on this site over the years.

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Media

Examining American Democracy Through the Lens of Place

Shelli Stockton
January 26, 2022

The United States is experiencing a time of division—urban vs. rural, state vs. local, and red vs. blue. Many of these fissures are most acute within the Ten Across region,…

Gas is out. Battery is in. Sign sitting in a snowy yard.

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Environment & Sustainability

Bringing a City Together: How Leaf Blowers Did It

James Fallows
January 19, 2022

This is the story of how citizens worked together toward a common goal in Washington, D.C. The story involves a change on the local level with significant, positive implications for other parts of the country and beyond.