Redevelopment Works

In this time of all-things-virtual, it can feel…challenging, to say the least… to find ways to get involved in the community. Many of our local…

With the holiday season now officially underway, we are continuing the conversation on being involved in the community through ideas, action, and support. Last week…

Last week, I encouraged everyone to get involved in redevelopment, and this week I want to offer some specific examples of how. There are three…

Thursday, Nov. 5, was a momentous day for local redevelopment. After a year of grant-writing, waiting, strategizing, more waiting, and logistical planning, we finally had…

As I’m sure is abundantly clear by now, redevelopment is all about people. Sure, we work on the places and things around us, but the…

This week, I’d like to get personal. I’d like to talk about what redevelopment really means for me, and for you. It’s all well and…

We’re wrapping up our focus on the A-C Valley School District by looking at collaboration, and the potential it holds for our community. Collaboration is…

Life has changed considerably in the nearly four centuries since colonists established the first public school in America.  In the early 1600s the focus of…

Superintendent David McDeavitt’s ties to the A-C Valley School District go back a ways. “My father, actually, was a mason on the high school in…

I hope everyone has enjoyed getting to know more about a few of our neighbors over this last month.  The potential for increased resilience in…

“Oh, absolutely. You have to cooperate. Everyone succeeds when everyone works together.” I was struck by the simple sincerity with which Lee Ralph, owner of…

Betsy Gibson loves to tell the story of how she, a vegetarian from Pittsburgh, fell in love with Joe Gibson, a rural pig farmer.  We…

“Locally sown, grown, and owned.” The emphasis on keeping things local ran throughout my conversations with the Gibson family as I continued to speak with…

“Ah, man…he would be so happy. I tell you what, he’d be out there, right now, in the field, working on a new discer or…

Many of humanity’s greatest accomplishments were inspired by the necessity of the moment during times of strife and stress. When crisis strikes, responsibility and inspiration…