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Bioscience, health care, entrepreneurs and community

4 April 2009 1 Comment

creating the political, social, economic and environmental community where entrepreneurs can bring science and technology to life.

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22 June 2026
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Small Towns Can Build a Strong Outdoor Economy Without Selling Out

17 October 2025
Rural Economy Main Street America

Rural Economy on the Edge: Why Farm Towns Are Bracing for Impact

3 January 2015
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Diary of Orrin Brown—Jan 3, 1865

Economy, Policy, Pursuit of Happiness

Bozeman Explosion

6 March 2009 4 Comments

#bozexplod thoughts: disaster recovery plans, real-time information gaps, scope can trump scale

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1 January 2017

2016 Blog Posts in Review—Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty

20 March 2009

When is a Farm a Farm?

26 April 2015
White flag of surrender

Diary of Orrin Brown—April 26, 1865

Economy, Policy, Pursuit of Happiness

Are you reading this at work?

20 February 2009 No Comments

Working through your life.

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18 February 2015
35-Star US Flag

Diary of Orrin Brown—Feb 18, 1865

2 July 2012

Streetscape Spearfish

2 August 2012

How Dry’s the Water, Mama?

Economy

LinkedIn

29 January 2009 2 Comments

It is WHO you know as much as WHAT you know

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6 April 2025
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Policy and Governance at the National Planning Conference 2025

29 September 2010

Center for Rural Policy & Development MN Broadband Survey

18 January 2011

Learning from Chicken Little

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Blogs vs Twitter II

23 January 2009 7 Comments

Think of Twitter as a stream; blogosphere as lakes & oceans

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21 July 2009

STRIB on Cities and Broadband Stimulus Criteria

3 June 2010

Our Built Environment And Physical Activity

5 July 2026
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Soils and the Comprehensive Plan: What Your Soil Survey Is Trying to Tell You

Economy

Blogs vs Twitter

10 January 2009 6 Comments

Twitter=Quantity; Blog=Quality?

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13 November 2012

GIS Day at Laramie County Community College

1 June 2025
A high-quality, wide-angle photograph of a small rural town nestled between green hills and a national park in the background. The image shows a rustic wooden sign at the town entrance reading ‘Welcome to the Great Outdoors.’

June Series Introduction: Conservation and the Great Outdoors—Planning for Vibrant Rural Communities

9 November 2011

FourSquare for Your Square

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WordPress v. Blogger

8 January 2009 3 Comments

So far WordPress is in the lead…

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9 September 2009
Main Street revitalization project showing mixed-use development enabled by rural zoning strategies

How can your place thrive?

1 January 2009

Welcome to a window into my world

3 November 2009

Telling a Story Using Social Media

Economy, Policy

First Thoughts on FaceSpace

3 January 2009 1 Comment

The Care and Feeding of FaceBook is a huge potential timesink…

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31 May 2026
Saturday morning audit of a small town downtown active living, parks, and outdoor spaces

Rural Community Planning Playbook: Proven Actions That Build Thriving Towns

17 November 2013

Bittersweet in the Bakken

5 May 2010

Wants and Needs

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Charles L. Marohn, Jr - Book 2 of the Strong Towns series

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Confessions of A Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town by Charles Marohn (Wiley, 2021)

Chuck Marohn delivers a vision for more accessible and engaging local transportation systems in his second book in the Strong Towns series. He delivers withering critiques of his chosen profession, yet also offers real-world examples of communities doing better for all residents.

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Sherman's March to the SeaDiary of Pvt Orrin Brown (1864-1865)

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