Contents – March 2023

CONTENTS – March 2023

PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IDEAS FOR SMALL CITIES AND TOWNS…

Cities, small and large, build social cohesion, civic pride and community connections with libraries, museums, community gardens, civic theaters, public galleries, parks and the pathways that connect them; this month we focus on downtown theaters:

• “Community Theaters, ‘Edu-tainment’ Emporiums”…wck.
• “Amphitheaters, Entertainment al fresco”…wck
• “Urban tissue and the character of towns”, from…Semantic Scholar, A free, AI-powered research tool for scientific literature, 1996.

CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVITIES

• “Preface for a Comprehensive Energy System Plan”…wck.
• Bloomberg Carbon Clock, CO2 monthly readings through Jan’23.

SPECIAL FEATURES…

• Person to know about: Clarence Stein, 1882 -1975, Community Planner.
• A Quintessential Character Town: DeLand FL.
• Video [2:05]: Monroe [NC] anxious to open renovated downtown theater for live shows and movies, from WCNC Charlotte, Mar 26, 2021
• Video [2:41]: Cultural Trust has specific projects, including a Downtown movie theater, on makeover list, from CBS Pittsburgh, Sep 9, 2022.

BOOKS…

• The Little Theatre on the Square: Four Decades of a Small-Town Equity Theatre, Ms. Beth Shervey PhD (Author), Peter PALMER (Foreword), 2000.
• What I Found in a Thousand Towns, A Traveling Musician’s Guide to Rebuilding America’s Communities – One Coffee Shop, Dog Run, and Open-Mike at a Time, Dar Williams, 2017.
• Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life, Eric Klinenberg, 2018.
• The Great Good Places, Cafés, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars, Hair Salons and Other Hangouts at the Heart of a Community, Ray Oldenburg, 1999.