Need is hiding in plain sight
Fall is here. And soon enough the holiday season will, too. This time though a whole new set of economic pressures will face the people who’ve already been struggling to get by.
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Ep. 7: The housing fix doesn’t have to be revolutionary
Upstate communities won’t solve the housing crisis with one sweeping plan. They can start by making ordinary homes legal again.
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Lessons learned about government from a tornado
Or actually, two of them ... like two or three miles apart.
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How do you avoid closing schools?
Next week I’ll get into consequences of declining enrollments across school districts in Upstate New York. So, I thought it’d be good to start with the stuff communities can do now to avoid it.
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