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The 5-town CoolTown tour: Over the next five weeks, CoolTown Studios will be visiting five of

Recreation in the city: One of the drawbacks to living in the city is the lack

Bringing the campfire indoors: Many of us know campfires as the warm glow around which we

What’s with all those dollar bills on the walls?: The great thing about independent business owners is that you’re often in

What are two of the greatest trends in shopping?: From Governing Magazine, “The two greatest trends in shopping, it seems, are

Why are cities infatuated with Starbucks and Cheesecake Factory’s?: The more they are, the less you’ll see one-of-a-kind places like this

Why are CoolTowners so fit?: They’re ‘intrinsic exercisers’ – that is, they exercise because that want to,

What is the coming demand for walkable communities?: 30-55%. That’s the projected demand by 2010 for denser, more walkable neighborhoods

Beware the national housing survey!: Here’s another reason why new communities are often so undesirable: opportunistic surveys

Why are communities so ill-designed? Credentialing vs. Educating: Why don’t we design and build places like this anymore? Listen up,

Walk-in theater: As drive-in theaters continue to close down, walk-in theaters (often on big

The CoolTown satellite office: What is a satellite office? One definition: A type of telecommute using