Ways to save your small town with Becky McCray and Deb Brown
Richard Florida is one of the most widely-read urban theorists, author of several books related to the Creative Class. He's long been an advocate for urban areas, urbanization, and urban life. His writings have popularized a move towards focusing on …
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You don’t need to be born and raised in a town to believe it can be the best town to live and work in. Mark Benner, the Chamber Director moved to Eloy to help take care of his mom. Jon Vlaming, the Community Development Director for the …
[Read more...] about Eloy, Arizona – It Starts With Believers (Part two)
Eloy, Arizona is a town of about 16,000 located 50 miles northwest of Tucson. Mark Benner is the Executive Director of the Chamber of Commerce and Mark took advantage of our Tour of Empty Buildings Toolkit. I was in Tucson for Chamber professional …
[Read more...] about Eloy, Arizona – Is There Possibility There? (part one)
Building Possibility started as a book idea, and is gradually turning into one. There are seven principles to building possibility and the first one is Open Your Eyes. It’s first because as humans we tend to get caught up in the every day and …
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