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Home Virginia Danville

Town: Danville

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By the Dan River, in the River District of Danville, Virginia, this summer (James Fallows / The Atlantic)
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  • Economic Development

‘Lessons From Danville’

  • James Fallows
  • September 19, 2019
This summer, Deb Fallows and I visited the southern-Virginia town of Danville, and the surrounding rural areas of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, and the adjoining Caswell County, North Carolina. In its…
The campus of Dodge City Community College, in western Kansas (James Fallows / The Atlantic)
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  • Community Colleges & Technical Training

The Choices Facing Community Colleges

  • James Fallows
  • August 9, 2019
Decisions critical to the future of these institutions so crucial to this economic and political moment
The headquarters of the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research, in Danville, Virginia (Courtesy of the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research)
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  • Economic Development

Three Big Lessons From One Small Town

  • James Fallows
  • July 18, 2019
Connections, parallel themes, and lessons from Danville
Boxes of food awaiting distribution from 'God's Storehouse' in Danville, Virginia (Courtesy of Deborah Fallows)
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  • Health & Well-Being

A Regional Approach to Rural Healthcare Challenges

  • Deborah Fallows
  • June 22, 2019
God's Storehouse, a food pantry serving low-income people along this southernmost border where Virginia meets North Carolina.
Jobbers Canyon Historic District was a warehouse area located in downtown Omaha, Nebraska. In 1989, all 24 buildings in Jobbers Canyon were demolished, representing the largest National Register historic district lost to date. (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration)
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  • Economic Development

How Danville Has Avoided Omaha’s Mistake

  • James Fallows
  • June 21, 2019
How the bittersweet heritage of old buildings in Danville, Virginia has helped them avoid the mistakes of Omaha..
By the Dan River, in the River District of Danville, Virginia, this summer (James Fallows / The Atlantic)
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  • Economic Development

The Reinvention of a Downtown: Danville’s Story Part 2

  • James Fallows
  • June 17, 2019
A snapshot of the efforts paying off in reviving Danville's downtown.
A sign that once read "Home of Dan River Mills," now in downtown Danville, Virginia (Courtesy of the Danville Regional Foundation)
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  • Economic Development

The Reinvention of Danville’s Downtown: Part 1

  • James Fallows
  • June 13, 2019
A factory town coming back
Outside of a YMCA building.
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  • Local Institutions

A Community Within A Community

  • Deborah Fallows
  • June 11, 2019
Restoring Spirit and Pride in Danville

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