2006 |
Spring |
How I Stopped Listening to People Bitch About the Rain and Learned to Love Seattle |
That famed rain? Think of it as the collective tears of everyone in the world not lucky enough to live in the Pacific Northwest |
Summer |
Nonprofit Nirvana by the Bay |
It's no wonder do-gooder types flock to San Francisco: here their work is honored, compensated well and infused with entrepreneurial energy |
Fall |
Expanding the Herd |
A commitment to creative community in Senegal |
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2005 |
Jan |
State of the Union, Media Edition |
A civic snapshot of what's on the minds of reporters Midwest, East and West |
Mar |
Side Trip: Louisville |
I spent a whole weekend in Derby City and didn't see a single horse or baseball bat |
May |
Leaving the Island |
From a little New York island (Staten, not Manhattan), the Gateway City is looking like home |
Sep |
Mega-Life in the Midwest |
What's the matter with Kansas? Pull up La-Z-Boy's largest recliner and let's discuss. |
Dec |
Kickin' It in Bristol |
From culture to counter-culture, this British city's scene welcomes hipsters and hippies...to a nightclub on a boat! |
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2004 |
Feb |
North Carolina Highlands |
Take a look around Asheville, and you decide: "Paris of the South" or "Freak Capital of the United States"? |
May |
The Big TO |
Headed from small-town Calgary to bustling New York, Tara got stopped in her tracks by Toronto |
Jun |
The Next Great American City? Look West, Young Man. |
ABQ could be it |
Nov |
The Mysterious Ms. X |
Can I predict a new St. Louisan's social destiny from the other side of the country? The bet is on. |
Dec |
Exile Tourism |
Underneath the hulking promise of cities grit, and grace |
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2003 |
Jan |
Still on the Hill |
When is St. Louis not St. Louis? When you're living in the outer reaches of the metro area, wondering how you got there. |
Feb |
Noir City: Adventure 5¢ |
Even minus the dot-com millions, there's plenty of fun to be had in the City by the Bay |
Mar |
K.C. Masterpiece |
Kansas City thinks it's better than St. Louis...and maybe they've got a point |
Apr |
Moving to Honduras |
Most people retire and flock to planned communities in Florida or Arizona...so why would I head to rural Central America? |
May |
We Choose Milwaukee |
Ask them, and the Young Professionals of Milwaukee will tell you it's got moxie |
Jun |
Speaking Loudly and Carrying the Gospel of the Big, Red Stick |
Rebirth in Baton Rouge means never running out of true, tall tales |
Jul |
Finding Health Outside Traditional Practices: Iowa City's Answer |
Whether you credit magical properties or just a nurturing community of creatives, you'll find plenty of alternatives in this small town |
Aug |
Being Blessed and Not Even Knowing It |
Greensboro, NC, tries to reach for the civic brass ring |
Sep |
On Chicago and a New Strategy for Knowing My Place |
Sharon loves Chi-Town, but she loves your town, too |
Oct |
Corpus Christi: The Crown Jewel at a Crossroads |
A desolate downtown, potential demolition of historic buildings, fights about appropriate development? Not just in St. Louis |
Nov |
In Praise of the Un-Sexy |
When you come from a place like Winston-Salem, NC, you develop skill at spotting diamonds in the rough |
Dec |
Scotch Treat |
Julia's trip home to Glasgow reveals much has changed about town since her wee lass-hood |
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2002 |
Jan |
Now Showing: Time Passing By |
Bucking the megaplex trend, smaller movie theaters can bring an open-for-business feel to their towns |
Feb |
See More in B-more |
How could a cat like John Waters come from a place called "Charm City?" Just one of the many delightful paradoxes of Baltimore... |
Mar |
California Dreaming: West of the Border |
Traveling through the West, Finley Kipp charts a new course some of it found on maps, some found only by happy accident |
Apr |
Walkin' in Memphis |
Our doppelganger city to the south bounces back with a revitalized downtown, people on the streets and an energized group of young people |
May |
Where is Our Mirror? |
Seeking St. Louis through the Missouri History Museum's St. Louis Urban Forum and its speakers from other towns |
Jun |
Black and White and Nowhere Read |
Our man in Dayton, Ohio, has experienced certainty exactly once in his new journalistic career |
Jul |
Stars in Alignment over Nashville |
Music City, USA, is singing a new tune that champions human-centered development over placeless sprawl |
Aug |
Gateways for Billikens |
From his beginnings in an idealistic Paraguayan commune through time in St. Louis and now democracy-building in Armenia, Barnabas Johnson has tried to retain the enlightened optimism of the man-child Billiken |
Sep |
New Urbanist ... Cuba? |
Forget what the politicians have told you about commies and their ugly cities, and tag along as Jason Toon explores the sublimely urban Havana |
Oct |
Austin City (of No) Limits |
It's a great place to be young or foreign or a starving artist or a politico...or Spike |
Nov |
Motor City on the Move |
Detroit Synergy Group connects Detroiters to their city, creating a renewed sense of pride in place |
Dec |
Welcome to Washington |
Freedom still rings here, but under lockdown |
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2001 |
Jan |
Art Dog #21 |
Of monsters, puppets, Japanese porn and gummy worms |
Feb |
Underground Indianapolis |
Our gal on the street says Indy's kicking our ass |
Mar |
Burnt Cornbread and an Aussie for Rosco |
In which a connection made from halfway across the world reminds us to keep up with our neighbors |
Apr |
United We Bowl |
The "Better Together" report finds we aren't all bowling alone |
May |
Do You Know the Way? |
In San Jose, a group called Circa 2000 leads a civic experiment in community building |
Jun |
Lessons from the Twins' Cities |
From cars to the cost of living, St. Louis ain't like Oakland, as Joy found out and Joy II will come to know | |
Jul |
Thai Journal: Bangkok to Mae Sot |
A Webster University professor describes a quarter abroad | |
Aug |
Net Activism |
Civic-minded folks from across the U.S. meet, greet and improve their efforts at the Civic Strategies web site | |
Sep |
Confidence is so Attractive |
Pittsburgh is giving itself a makeover with self-promotion | |
Oct |
Engine Company #74 |
New Yorkers are finding comfort, compassion and each other at a once-anonymous firehouse | |
Nov |
Mint Juleps in Little Big Town |
Doin' it up right in Louisville, from the Colonel's secret spices to more local theater than you can shake a stick at | |
Dec |
A Capital Idea |
There's no better trip to Keep America Rolling than the one to Washington, D.C., where our nation's heart beats | |