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Children at an event put on by the Big Car Collaborative in Indianapolis (Courtesy of Jensen Productions and New America)
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  • Arts

How Art Can Renew a Community

  • James Fallows
  • October 2, 2019
This is No. 2 in a series of three videos from our friends at New America about the realities of community revitalization and economic recovery in the much-discussed Industrial Heartland of…
Michael Brannon, a carpenter apprentice and graduate of the Build Your Future program in Indiana.
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  • Economic Development

Building Your Future in Indiana

  • James Fallows
  • October 1, 2019
This spring, Deb Fallows and I made a trip through Indiana for a series of events and meetings co-organized by New America Indianapolis and Indiana Humanities. We were in Muncie, Fort Wayne,…
Escalator in abandoned mall.
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  • Economic Development

Dead Malls, Everywhere

  • James Fallows
  • May 9, 2019
Readers weigh in on malls past their prime
A closed Sears retail store sits vacant at Crossroads Center mall in St. Cloud, Minnesota (Nic Neufeld / Shutterstock)
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  • Economic Development

Dead Malls, Reborn Cities

  • James Fallows
  • May 6, 2019
Ideas from the readers
Interior of the abandoned Wayne Hills Mall in Wayne, New Jersey (John Arehart / Shutterstock)
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  • Economic Development

What Happens to Abandoned Malls?

  • James Fallows
  • May 4, 2019
Opinions differ
The abandoned GE factory where Electric Works is hoping to bring new life (Courtesy of Electric Works)
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  • Economic Development

Fort Wayne Makes Its Own Luck

  • James Fallows
  • April 26, 2019
Breadth, density, and boldness of experimentation

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