Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Americana
The Problem With the Pattern We’ve Built Rural sprawl does not look like urban sprawl, but it produces many of the same outcomes: longer distances between people and services, higher per-capita infrastructure costs, degraded natural lands, and built environments that make daily life harder for anyone who cannot drive. The pattern is familiar across rural […]
Let’s look more closely at housing supply in the US and Canada. Housing supply isn’t as flashy as mortgage rates or viral TikToks about “forever renters,” but it’s the slow, structural side of the story that shows up in a patchwork of crowded houses, “no vacancy” signs in resort towns, and the permit line at […]
The Strategic Power of Shared Policy in Rural Development In today’s complex and rapidly shifting rural landscape, communities face both persistent challenges and emerging opportunities—from population shifts and workforce shortages to broadband expansion and climate resilience. Amid these dynamics, rural leaders are increasingly recognizing that they don’t have to navigate this terrain alone. Policy exchange […]
