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Downtown Eastport, with the collapsed breakwater visible on the right; this is looking from The Commons building at the center of town (James Fallows / The Atlantic)
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  • Economic Development

Update on the Eastport Saga

  • James Fallows
  • October 31, 2016
The never-say-die city
Greek Revival building on State Street in downtown Erie, Pennsylvania, shown in the 1930s. It was built a century before to house the U.S. Bank of Pennsylvania.
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  • Museums & Galleries

Old City, Old Buildings, New Life

  • Deborah Fallows
  • September 26, 2016
An art museum with a long history reinvents itself with passion and an entrepreneurial spirit.
Undertow by Anna Hepler at the Free Will North Baptist Church in Eastport, Maine.
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  • Economic Development

Little Town, Big Art

  • Deborah Fallows
  • September 9, 2016
“The arts” might seem a frill or nicety. In Eastport, Maine, they’ve been at the center of economic and civic plans and have helped the little city “punch above its weight.”
The original public library in Dodge City, Kansas.
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  • Arts
  • Libraries

A Carnegie Legacy in Dodge City

  • Deborah Fallows
  • August 15, 2016
Synergy of arts and civic life in a Kansas town
Alphabet Fence at the Alphabet Reading Garden, City of Asylum.
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  • Language

Language as Art in Pittsburgh

  • Deborah Fallows
  • March 21, 2016
Exiled writers use words as art and inspire a community.
Musician Phil Aaberg floats on the Marias River.
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  • Arts
  • Economic Development

Listening to Montana

  • Deborah Fallows
  • March 17, 2016
In Chester, Montana, a world away from city life inspires an artist's music.
Illustration by Adam Voorhes and Robin Finlay.
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  • Civic Life

How America Is Putting Itself Back Together

  • James Fallows
  • February 22, 2016
Most people in the U.S. believe their country is going to hell. But they’re wrong. What a three-year journey by single-engine plane reveals about reinvention and renewal.
"Keeping America Great in Manufacturing," one training project at a time. (Mobile Lab outside main site of Technical Employment Training in San Bernardino, California) (James Fallows)
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  • Economic Development

Post-Memorial Day Note: Another Kind of Service, San Bernardino

  • James Fallows
  • May 26, 2015
"I don't just sit around. I don't sleep much. That's what I do. I do stuff." The story of a man determined to do something for his town.
Highly glamorized statue of Eliza Tibbets (see real photo, below), in the downtown mall of the city she helped create. (Deborah Fallows)
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  • Economic Development

California’s Improbable Navel-Orange Queen

  • Deborah Fallows
  • May 8, 2015
Eliza Tibbets was a suffragist, abolitionist, and spiritualist—and the mother of California's orange industry.
Word cloud of Ajo, Arizona.
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  • Language

A Word Cloud of Ajo, Arizona

  • Deborah Fallows
  • April 30, 2015
The words we use about ourselves reveal surprising truths
Art deco Tower Theater, namesake of the Tower District and home base of Rogue (Jonathon Hogan)
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  • Economic Development

Creating California’s New Bohemia in an Unexpected Locale

  • James Fallows
  • April 6, 2015
"It's a great time to be an artist in Fresno." This is a possibility I had never considered before visiting. And now ...
Historic plaza in Ajo, Arizona (Photos James and Deborah Fallows)
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  • Economic Development

Ajo, Arizona: Oasis in the Desert

  • Deborah Fallows
  • April 1, 2015
How a city with century-old "good bones" tries to reinvent itself.
Historical re-enactment by students at Mississippi School for Math and Science in Columbus, MS (James Fallows)
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  • Arts

‘The Blue and the Gray’

  • James Fallows
  • March 25, 2015
A historically oriented performance comes from New York to the Southern site that inspired it.
Bela Fleck (left) with Larry Groce last year for a Mountain Stage show (Mountain Stage)
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  • Arts

A Vibrant American Musical Career, far From America’s Cultural Capitals

  • James Fallows
  • December 12, 2014
What Larry Groce discovered by launching a national radio program from an out-of-the-way location
Agnes Katz Plaza: Commissioned in 1998, the plaza features three granite benches shaped like eyeballs and a 25-foot-tall bronze fountain, all sculptures by Louise Bourgeois. (John Tierney)
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  • Arts

How the Arts Drove Pittsburgh’s Revitalization

  • John Tierney
  • December 11, 2014
The role of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, founded by a wealthy band of visionaries 30 years ago, is central—but hard to replicate.
Mellon Square Park, Pittsburgh, PA (John Tierney)
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  • Economic Development

What Millennials Love About Pittsburgh

  • John Tierney
  • November 22, 2014
'Land of Opportunity' has real meaning here.

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