Tim Collins grew up in an Ohio city but has chosen to live and work in small towns across Appalachia and, now, in the Midwest. He took a pay cut for social rewards.
Tim Collins, carrying on a family tradition, suggests that for long-term development, we must organize around our relationships to water and to the other communities, urban and rural, along those same waterways.
'Sustainable development' is the new name for an old idea; a group
commissioned by Teddy Roosevelt tied rural prosperity to conservation a
century ago.
Some development pros are recommending that small towns go back to
recruiting outside companies. Tim Collins argues that a strong base of
local entrepreneurs has to be the first order of business.
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