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=10 / 10.5 Things Needed for a Community to Thrive= | =10 / 10.5 Things Needed for a Community to Thrive= | ||
#Divisive national politics seem a distant concern | #Divisive national politics seem a distant concern | ||
*IE Local projects are not halted by national politics | |||
#You can pick out the local patriots | #You can pick out the local patriots | ||
*Obious leaders | |||
#“Public-private partnerships” are real | #“Public-private partnerships” are real | ||
*non corrupt publi-private partnerships are commonplace | |||
#People know the civic story | #People know the civic story | ||
*united message + goal is had + widely understood | |||
#They are near a research university | #They are near a research university | ||
#They have, and care about, a community college | #They have, and care about, a community college | ||
#They have unusual schools | #They have unusual schools | ||
*Ie ones with out of the box methods, special facilities (makerspaces), job training etc | |||
#They make themselves open | #They make themselves open | ||
#They have big plans | #They have big plans | ||
*Big ideas but also long term thinking, which they pointed out as being easier at a local level than the national level | |||
#They have craft breweries | #They have craft breweries | ||
=Application to OSE= | |||
*5-7 are similar to the [[OSE Club]] and [[OSE Campus]] Ideas | |||
=See Also= | =See Also= |
Revision as of 01:22, 10 April 2019
Basics
- A book by James Fallows and Deborah Fallows
- Copyrighted 2018-2019
- Details their journey through the USA to study how troubled communities are fixing their issues
- It also discusses the inverse relationship of national and local politics; National Cooperation goes down, local Cooperation goees up
10 / 10.5 Things Needed for a Community to Thrive
- Divisive national politics seem a distant concern
- IE Local projects are not halted by national politics
- You can pick out the local patriots
- Obious leaders
- “Public-private partnerships” are real
- non corrupt publi-private partnerships are commonplace
- People know the civic story
- united message + goal is had + widely understood
- They are near a research university
- They have, and care about, a community college
- They have unusual schools
- Ie ones with out of the box methods, special facilities (makerspaces), job training etc
- They make themselves open
- They have big plans
- Big ideas but also long term thinking, which they pointed out as being easier at a local level than the national level
- They have craft breweries
Application to OSE
- 5-7 are similar to the OSE Club and OSE Campus Ideas