Contents – December 2022

CONTENTS – December 2022

PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IDEAS FOR SMALL CITIES AND TOWNS…

Cities, small and large, build social cohesion, civic pride and community connections with libraries, museums, civic theaters and public galleries; this month we focus on museums with their various roles and specialties:

• The American Alliance of Museums, Arlington VA, at https://www.aam-us.org/programs/about-aam/
• “Nothing captures a small town’s character, soul and past like its museum — but their futures face serious modern-day perils” by Jeff Burnside, Special to The Seattle Times from Pacific NW Magazine, 6.24.20.
• “The Museum of Broadway Is Open, Here Are 10 Highlights” from the New York Times by Sarah Bahr, Nov. 29, 2022.
• “The Humboldt Forum in Berlin is a new kind of Museum”, from The World Ahead | The World in 2021, Nov 17th 2020.
• Lower East Side Tenement Museum, https://www.tenement.org/about-us/, NYC.
• “Chasing Spirits: Mexico City’s House Museums” by Francine Prose from The New York Times, Oct. 26, 2022.
• Index to archived Planning Articles.

CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVITIES…

•  Small City Climate Action Plans…wck.
• A Reminder of the five Categories of Greenhouse Gas Generators from EPA.gov, and Energy Sources of Electric Generation from EIA.gov, 2020.
• Plug Power Inks Deal To Supply Amazon With Hydrogen; Is PLUG Stock A Buy? ADELIA CELLINI LINECKER, Investor’s Business Daily, 08/30/2022
• Bloomberg Carbon Clock, CO2 monthly readings through October 2022.
• Index to archived Climate Change Articles.

SPECIAL FEATURES…

• Person: Isaak Asimov, Isaac Asimov archive page
• Profile: Quintessential Character Town…New Richmond OH
• Video [25.01] Capturing the next economy: Pittsburgh’s rise as a Global Innovation City from Bruce Katz of the Brookings Institution on Sep 25, 2017
• Index to archived Special Features.

BOOKS…

• Autobiography: It’s Been a Good Life edited by Janet Jeppson Asimov, Prometheus Books, 2002.
• Offbeat Museums: A Guided Tour of America’s Weirdest and Wackiest Museums, Saul Rubin, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2002.
• Why Museums Matter, Daniel H. Weiss, Yale University Pres, 2022.
• Index of archived Book Recommendations.