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Moving Forward Together
Last night (Monday, June 24, 2019) I attended the second of Decatur City Council study sessions on neighborhood revitalization held at...
Pre-Qualified for Neighborhood Revitalization
Yesterday, the City Council convened a study session to review previous community engagement meetings' data, introduce additional...
For This We Walk...
It is a shame that tragedy seems to be the necessary fuel to change the status quo. Excuses and fears seem to disappear when the...
What Does the Future Look Like?
I'm nearing the 20th anniversary of my arrival as a resident and neighbor of an area identified on the Decatur neighborhood map as...
The Value of Opportunity
Where you grow up influences how you move on the income ladder. A group of researchers from Harvard University, led by economist Raj...
The Value of Weak Ties
Recently a blog discussed the value of barely casual connections in a neighborhood and how recent popular press articles have suggested...
The Possibility of Collaboration
"As Team Decatur, we can do anything." - City of Decatur Mayor Julie Moore-Wolfe On Wednesday, August 22, City Council members, Decatur...
What Difference Could One Hour Make?
In the musical Rent, we hear this calculation of the exact number of minutes in a given year: "Five hundred and twenty-five thousand,...
Drive-Through or Destination?
You can always tell when there is a train blocking East Eldorado. East Prairie Street (or Avenue, depending on block or sign) transforms...
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