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Out here, progress looks like a neighbor with a wrench and a second chance. We build tools, playbooks, and spaces for small towns doing better by, with, and for their people.

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Why Honest People Disagree — and How Towns Can Move Forward Anyway We’ll never all agree—but we can all belong.And a community where people belong will argue, and still rebuild together.

Here’s my way-too-simple formula for being part of a healthy, productive community in this charged environment.

17.10.2025 13:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Quality of available employment is the fulcrum upon which a community’s quality of life rises and falls.

The jobs we offer reveal who & what we truly value.

Do we offer a living wage?
Do we value health with insurance and wellness?
Do we value family with childcare and retirement benefits?

15.10.2025 20:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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We Don't Have Tanks. We have casseroles.

A soldier's letter from Small-Town America.

open.substack.com/pub/plainspo...

15.10.2025 18:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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We Fund Failure. Then Call It Policy. Indiana will spend ~$29,000 to jail a neighbor and balk at ~$10–20k to house and support them. That isn’t tough on crime—it’s bad math and worse morality.

We fund failure. Then call it policy.
IN spends ~$29k to jail a neighbor; $10–20k to house + support.

10 jail beds = 33–65 housed.

Supportive housing → fewer arrests & ER runs.

Read: open.substack.com/pub/plainspo...

#HousingFirst #Policy

04.09.2025 16:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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