Archive for 2010
24 Ways to Make A Great Community
Recently I had the pleasure to hear one of my favorite neighborhood activitists speak; Jay Walljasper-former editor of Utne Magazine and author of The Great Neighborhood Book. He spoke at the 24th annual Miami Valley Planning & Zoning Workshop-one of my favorite workshops in the area. At the workshop Jay gave two talks-the first of [...]
In Remembrance of Harry
If you have read these posts before, you’ll know that my family is a bunch of foodies-we love to cook, we love to eat, and we are really interested in local food. We love what local food does for building our community and sustaining our local economy, but really we just love how it [...]
Thankful for our HomeOwner Center
As we move into the end of November many of us are thinking of things we are thankful for, planning table-sagging banquets, and arranging time with family. I’d like to ask you to be thankful for one more thing-that you have a home to call your own. Troy Community Works! has been operating our HomeOwner [...]
