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More Messengers, Better Messaging

Covid cases locally and nationally are at an inflection point. Local public health messaging efforts to date have helped some, but they must reach further. And it really needs to happen fairly quickly. How can we get over any existing hurdles and get this message across to more people in the area: we can either […]

Nature Play in Lewisburg?

The Bull Run Greenway Phase I project to renovate the Kidsburg section of Hufnagle Park calls for floodplain restoration and trail extension combined with all-ages recreation and nature play. The project is now entering design development, taking the master site development plans created as part of an extensive public process in 2014 and 2015 and […]

Neighbors and Economy — What Does It Mean?

The Elm Street Program's elemental committees include one called "Neighbors and Economy." It is one of the more easily misunderstood aspects of the program. The idea is that residential resiliency is intimately tied to the local economy. There are key interdependencies between jobs, businesses, home values, and neighborhood viability. As the North Ward Neighborhood Committee […]