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Growing Demand: Crop Swaps Gaining Ground

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Crop swaps – meet-ups where people exchange their surplus backyard bounty – are thriving in cities, suburban enclaves, and online. Read more »

More Than Books: Libraries Strengthen Communities in Uncertain Times

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The modern-day library is a digital hub, community resource center, job-hunting resource, art space and provider of free and open access to information. Read more »

Freeschool Families Learn Together

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Frustrated with traditional educational experiences, a single mom set out to organize an unschooling cooperative focused on outdoor learning. Read more »

Libraries Aren't Dying, They're Evolving

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Facing branch closures, funding cuts and naysayers, the beleaguered library is evolving to survive. Read more »

Culture Kitchen: Empowering Community Through Food

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Become an expert in authentic ethnic cooking by learning from the immigrant women who cook these dishes daily. Read more »

Are Bike Lanes Expressways to Gentrification?

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A plan to widen a Portland bike lane has reignited an ongoing debate over whether bicyclists serve as the front line of gentrification. Read more »

Roommates at 37: Why Living Alone Is Overrated

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When Leilani Clark separated from her husband, she felt compelled to get her own studio. But she soon found that living alone in your thirties isn't all that it's cracked up to be. Read more »

FoodCorps Creates Jobs, Community, and Healthy Food

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When President Bill Clinton signed the National and Community Service Trust Act into law in 1993, he introduced the concept of community service to a new generation of young people through the flagship AmeriCorps program. Read more »

Member-Owned, Worker-Run Brewery Taps into a Radical Idea

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From its delightfully quirky menu options challenging your taste buds to its community-owned and employee-run structure, Austin’s Black Star Co-op Pub and Brewery is redefining the co-operative movement. Read more »

Micro-Participation Connects Citizens to Their Governments

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What if you could perform your civic duty using Twitter or Facebook? How city governments can get more citizens involved through micro-participation. Read more »
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