Above is little hand-card I whipped up for today’s event at the Capitol with the First Lady, our Mayor and several politicos and social services orgs. The topic? Hopefully you get that from the pic, but the pdf version with details is here. Shelli also posted earlier on the details of Zach Bonner’s Little Red [...]
Entries from June 2009
Walk a mile in my shoes – come with Zach to Capitol
June 29th, 2009 by Mark B · 1 Comment
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LITTLE RED WAGON comes to RICHMOND
June 28th, 2009 by shelli · No Comments
Q: WHERE IS ZACH?
A: On Monday 29 June 2009 [Day 50], he’s in RICHMOND!
In the News: 11-year old Zach Bonner of Florida is walking from His House to the White House, this year completing the last portion from Altanta GA to Washington DC (665 miles) of his 3-year journey. And, Zach will be walking [...]
Tags: Community Development · Education · Government · Housing · Peace & Conflict · Richmond Region
Hang together, or separately. Why regional leaders better get a move on.
June 2nd, 2009 by Mark B · 3 Comments
Ryan Avent @ Atlantic Magazine points out an economic reality I think regional leaders are ill-equipped to see or seemingly lack the courage to respond to. And that’s either a shame, or poetic justice, because while only playing a land use game for 30 years (all the while resisting the idea of regionalism and its [...]
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