Category Archives: Economic Development

Bicycle City, SC, USA??

I was just poking around the Bike Month website, and came across this ad (for once, a useful web ad).  It looks like this has some legs! er, wheels! http://www.bicyclecity.com/ A car-free city in South Carolina is planned south of … Continue reading

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The Informal Markets of Carrboro: Part 1

One of the interesting things about living in Carrboro is the amount of informal commerce you can engage in compared to other places I’ve lived.  There are food trucks, the Really Really Free Market, and the informal market-made-community-institution, the Carrboro … Continue reading

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