by SMGraves | Sep 24, 2020 | Articles, Scott M. Graves
The Great Re-Set: A New Way to Build Communities We 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...
by SMGraves | Sep 23, 2020 | Articles, News, Scott M. Graves
A Post Pandemic Pattern of Urban Development To 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...
by SMGraves | Sep 16, 2020 | Articles, News, Scott M. Graves
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...
by SMGraves | Sep 2, 2020 | Articles, News, Scott M. Graves
Why Commonwealth Matters Commonwealth Journal, June 26, 2018 Entrepreneurship 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,...
by SMGraves | May 1, 2020 | Articles, News, Scott M. Graves
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...
by SMGraves | Feb 20, 2020 | Articles, Scott M. Graves
On Toxic Masculinity Some of the young men and women of the great depression, the writer’s Memere and Pepere on their wedding day circa 1936. We need strong, loving women in our world now more than ever Toxic Masculinity. A thoroughly cleansed, 21st century...
