Danville Register & Bee correspondent John Crane reported on James and Deborah Fallowses’ appearance before 200-300 community leaders and local officials at the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research on November 14. In their talk, hosted by the Danville Regional Foundation (VA), Crane noted that one of the themes the couple, “learned from the communities they visited — those like Danville — is that change takes time. Also, successful cities have a realistic — but not negative — view of their history and who they are. ‘The changes you’re going through are idiosyncratic but like those other communities are facing,’ ” James Fallows said.