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Economic gardening: Part I
Over the past two decades, communities across the country have begun fostering economic growth from within using a technique called economic gardening. This technique is a response designed to reduce dependence on the traditional targets of economic development – large industry. The benefits of an entreprenuerial society are immense. Number one among them – profits from … More Economic gardening: Part I
Postcards from Main Street
If the New York Times last week was any indication, there’s a growing big-city awareness of the special value of small-town places. First, Roberta Smith’s review of a current exhibition of postcard images of small towns at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (“Main Street Postcards as Muse,” Feb. 5) uses late photographer Walker Evan’s collection … More Postcards from Main Street
