Category Archives: Importance-of-cities

Conversation w/ Emily Anderson of the Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group

Pittsburgh is an amazing city with amazing folks doing amazing work; Emily Anderson, a project manager for the Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group (PCRG), is no exception! Check out this great conversation we had with her during the 4th Annual Great Lakes Urban Exchange Conference. To learn more about Emily and the Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group [...]

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What’s In A Name?

Rust Belt beer, Rust Belt ice cream, Rust Belt diners, Rust belt-errific.  In the Great Lakes area we heart our Rust Belt.  But it’s the rest of the nation that seems the hard sell.  Rarely does the national news use Rust Belt when announcing good news.  Actually, rarely does a national news anchor seem able [...]

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Where we belong.

Today, I say, “I will claim this place as my home.” We assert ourselves to be members of an evolving force, a process of urban change and progress – the self-evident resolve of transformation. In our attempt to become active participants in something greater, larger, and more sublime, we’ve often projected those positive attributes onto [...]

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