While you were busy making a difference in your home town, you might have missed these thought-provoking posts:

1. Holiday Customer Service: 7 Tips Retailers Should Not Ignore – Retail Minded
2. Craft Beer’s Big Impact on Small Towns and Forgotten Neighborhoods – Curbed
3. 6 Urban Projects Built Thanks to Online Civic Engagement – CitizenLab
4. How to Encourage Entrepreneurship in Your Town – Strong Towns
5. Millennials Prefer Revitalized Historic Areas Not Malls – Modern Cities

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