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On Peace July 5, 2020
On Peace, An EssayOur city will not last another 2 years of the status quo. Nor will the United States. Not without our hearts open wide, to both the pain and joy of our neighbors. Ellie Wesiel said, ‘When language fails then violence becomes language. I’m...
The Great Re-Set: A New Way to Build Communities
The Great Re-Set: A New Way to Build CommunitiesWe have an opportunity. It’s time. It’s OUR time. https://youtu.be/mgt9jVLjCg8 The period in which we are now living is history in the flesh at every moment. In times like these we would be missing a...
A Post Pandemic Pattern of Urban Development
A Post Pandemic Pattern of Urban DevelopmentTo continue to promote an out-dated method of development is to demote the value of local business, local culture and local empowerment. As I write this, two businesses have closed down in as many days in the downtown...
Why Us? Why Here? Why Now?
Why Us? Why Here? why now?“This curious world in which we inhabit is more wonderful than convenient; more beautiful than it is useful; it is more to be admired and enjoyed than used.” -Henry David Thoreau There is a disease infecting thousands of cities and towns in...
Why Commonwealth Matters
Why Commonwealth MattersCommonwealth Journal, June 26, 2018Entrepreneurship has lead me down many professional and intellectual paths. Upon reflection I want to share my views on what we are when we are at our best. It is important to all towns large and small,...
On Externalizing
On Externalizing Our issue is one of allocation, not of a scarcity of resources. It’s about how we pay for it and who pays, not whether it’s possible to make real what could be opportunity for all. By externalizing the cost of Education and Healthcare we may create...