SaveYour.Town
Many programs for small towns have a list prerequisites that starts with “shared vision.” Consensus seems to always be on the list of qualities you need to succeed…
SaveYour.Town co-founder Becky McCray explains how she came up with the Idea Friendly Method. Since the 1990s, I’ve brought new technology into organizations that were pretty stuck in…
SaveYour.Town creates a lasting legacy for rural people. That’s our informal mission statement. (If you know us, you know why we don’t have a formal mission statement!) At…
You just have to be open to new ideas Our Idea Friendly Method is backed by research, but refreshingly simple and practical. Openness to new ideas is an…
A sample idea from our new Cheap Downtown Placemaking Ideas video with Becky McCray and Deb Brown. Make sheet murals. Get cheap torn or stained sheets from the…
Tiny business startups are our best bet for revitalizing rural areas, small towns and distressed economies. To help these small entrepreneurs to be more successful, put them into…
How do we rebuild our local economy? This crisis is different for each community. So many jobs lost, so many businesses gone or in bad shape. Most of…
Jack in Georgetown, South Carolina, USA, shared what they are doing to renew, refresh and recover during and after the lockdown of coronavirus/COVID-19. Deb Brown shares all five…
You probably have one in your downtown. Maybe a building burned, or maybe the roof just fell in. These things happen. Now you have an empty space, maybe…
My small town hosted an international photojournalist, Brendan Hoffman, in residency at the local paper. A town of 8,000 people managed to take a 6 week free class…
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