• Recent
  • Towns
  • Topics
    • Arts
      • Language
      • Museums & Galleries
      • Public Art
    • Civic Life
      • Citizen Engagement
      • Governance
      • Health & Well-Being
      • Refugees
    • Community Heart & Soul
    • Economic Development
      • Breweries & Distilleries
      • Entrepreneurs
      • Transportation
    • Education
      • K-12
      • Community Colleges & Technical Training
      • Colleges & Universities
    • Environment & Sustainability
      • Parks & Recreation
      • Trees
    • Local Institutions
      • Libraries
    • Local Journalism
    • Travel
      • Aviation
  • Homepage
  • About
  • Donate
  • Newsletter
  • Recent
  • Towns
  • Topics
    • Arts
      • Language
      • Museums & Galleries
      • Public Art
    • Civic Life
      • Citizen Engagement
      • Governance
      • Health & Well-Being
      • Refugees
    • Community Heart & Soul
    • Economic Development
      • Breweries & Distilleries
      • Entrepreneurs
      • Transportation
    • Education
      • K-12
      • Community Colleges & Technical Training
      • Colleges & Universities
    • Environment & Sustainability
      • Parks & Recreation
      • Trees
    • Local Institutions
      • Libraries
    • Local Journalism
    • Travel
      • Aviation
  • Homepage
  • About
  • Donate
  • Newsletter

Town: Georgia

10 posts
The Fisk/Burgess House in Redlands is on the National Register of Historic Places, and is one of 20 noteworthy sites fourth-graders experience along the Smiley Heritage Tour. (Courtesy A.K. Smiley Public Library)
View Post
  • K-12

Never Too Soon: Engaging America’s Youngest Citizens Early and Often

  • Allie Kuroff
  • April 18, 2022
Americans know that retaining their young people requires getting them involved in the civic process early and often.
View Post
  • Aviation

The Spirit of Easter, Small-Airport Edition

  • James Fallows
  • April 20, 2014
Unexpected hospitality on the road.
View Post
  • Language

Swampwise!

  • Deborah Fallows
  • April 14, 2014
Dipthongs turn into monopthongs, and other adventures among the cypress knees.
The light blue shows ecologically valuable marshes and wetlands around St. Marys, Georgia, circled in red, and the Kings Bay naval base, east coast home of the U.S. ballistic-missile submarine fleet, in blue. (Annotation of map from US Fish and Wildlife Service)
View Post
  • Economic Development

The Seas? The Skies? The Transformation of a Company Town, II

  • James Fallows
  • April 11, 2014
One economic titan has fallen, another has taken its place, but a city wants to expand its options.
In the Okefenokee Swamp (James Fallows)
View Post
  • Parks & Recreation

St. Marys Interlude: The Okefenokee

  • James Fallows
  • April 9, 2014
Ever wondered what one of America's most famous swamps looks like? Wonder no more.
Derelict former site of the Gilman Paper Company plant, in St. Marys, Georgia. (James Fallows)
View Post
  • Economic Development

The Transformation of a Company Town: St. Marys, Part 1

  • James Fallows
  • April 7, 2014
What happens when the company shuts down?
Head coach and players from the Davis Aerospace Technical High School in Detroit. They lost this game by 36 points, but "the Aviators always play with heart." (Facebook photo)
View Post
  • K-12

A High School That Teaches Students to Fly, and Other Innovations in ‘Career Technical’ Education

  • James Fallows
  • April 1, 2014
"A lot of problem-solving skills grow out of the experience of doing things rather than thinking about things."
Part of the Engineering, Architecture, and Industrial Academy at Camden County High School (James Fallows)
View Post
  • Community Colleges & Technical Training

‘Career Technical’ Education: More Middle in the Middle Class?

  • James Fallows
  • March 29, 2014
Training students for jobs that are less likely to be outsourced, de-skilled, or stuck at minimum wage.
View Post
  • K-12

High School in Southern Georgia: What ‘Career Technical’ Education Looks Like

  • James Fallows
  • March 14, 2014
Earlier this month my wife and I spent about a week, in two visits, in the little town of St. Marys, Georgia, on the southernmost coast of Georgia just north of Florida and…
Happy Mardi Gras! (Deborah Fallows)
View Post
  • Aviation

On the Road Again: St. Marys

  • James Fallows
  • March 2, 2014
Starting the Mardi Gras festivities early in southernmost Georgia

STAY CONNECTED

Receive the latest news and updates

SUBSCRIBE

© 2025 Our Towns Civic Foundation. All Rights Reserved.

  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy
  • Republishing Policy

Input your search keywords and press Enter.