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=10 / 10.5  Things Needed for a Community to Thrive=
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#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

  1. Divisive national politics seem a distant concern
  • IE Local projects are not halted by national politics
  1. You can pick out the local patriots
  • Obious leaders
  1. “Public-private partnerships” are real
  • non corrupt publi-private partnerships are commonplace
  1. People know the civic story
  • united message + goal is had + widely understood
  1. They are near a research university
  2. They have, and care about, a community college
  3. They have unusual schools
  • Ie ones with out of the box methods, special facilities (makerspaces), job training etc
  1. They make themselves open
  2. 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
  1. They have craft breweries

Application to OSE

See Also

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