In his column in the November 15, 2018 edition of The Fayette Tribune (WV), Jack Stevenson asserts, “Civic leaders in the community where I live brought in knowledgeable people with a wide range of expertise to examine the issue of why some communities rebound while others remain stagnant.” He goes on to cite, “As James and Deborah Fallows express it in Our Towns, where communities are thriving, ‘People work together on practical local possibilities, rather than allowing bitter disagreements about national politics to keep them apart.’ “