THE RURBAN FRINGE

Access to Fresh Food Worsening

As many small communities already know, rural grocery stores are closing.  Those that do manage to maintain a grocery business in their community, often have to approach the venture with a resourceful eye in order to make it sustainable.
What may be surprising, however, is that larger communities – rurban, suburban, cities - are facing the same problem.  [...]

The Grass is Always Greener on the Other Side

A recent American survey on social and demographic trends completed by The Pew Research Center- a non-partisan U.S. think tank – finds that almost half of the American public would rather live in a different type of community than the one they are currently living in now … a sentiment that is most prevalent among [...]

City Vitals Series: Economic Integration

CEOs for Cities is an American network of urban leaders from the civic, business, academic and philanthropic sectors dedicated to building and sustaining the next generation of American cities.
Their ‘City Vitals Series’ is an ongoing look at the factors of urban success, and their most recent paper on ‘Economic Integration’ outlines three key points:
1.  When [...]