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We’re excited that T-Mobile has made this commitment to small and rural cities. While our communities are great places to live, work and play, they also face real economic challenges. We welcome and thank companies like T-Mobile who want to help our communities continue to thrive and improve quality of life. Congratulations to Guadalupe, CA for being a finalist! T-Mobile’s #HometownTechover #guadalupeca #vidaguadalupe #meltingpot #bigheartedtown Jon Freier

Something big is happening Thurs, July 15! Please join the City of Guadalupe as everyone gathers at Guadalupe Cafe for a very special, (still secret) event and a celebration. Swing by tomorrow, 860 Guadalupe Street, between 7:00 AM and late afternoon for FREE DELICIOUS FOOD (while supplies last) & big news!! Media outlets will have the news later in the day, but you can get the "Scoop" by being present tomorrow at the Cafe! #smalltowns #BRIGET_org #community #revitalization

Enjoy a little freedom on this Independence Day weekend! Be safe, be kind, be mindful... and never take freedom for granted. We'll be back on Tuesday to help with all of your community development needs! #smalltowns #BRIGET_org #community #revitalization

Beauty is as Beauty does! Love this gorgeous theater marquis sign... the colors, the shapes, the absolutely stunning amount of character within its design. We wish a speedy recovery for this theater! #smalltowns #BRIGET_org #community #revitalization

Just as roads connect businesses with their community, our work connects people with opportunities. Check out big ideas for small towns on our website: www.briget.org #smalltowns #BRIGET_org #supportbusiness #community #revitalization

Tom Cousins, Julian Robertson and Warren Buffett founded Purpose Built Communities in 2009. This organization has helped local leaders launch 27 neighborhood revitalization projects across the country. They have an additional 50 projects in development. Given the nature of their work, we share their science and research in fields that can inform planners and community developers. One revitalization project in Tulsa, called Growing Together, shows us their outcomes. ...A 4-minute video? Priceless! Watch now: https://www.briget.org//case-study-collaboration-yields-t/ _______________________ #smalltowns #BRIGET_org #supportbusiness #neighborhoods #revitalization

What started as a row of pop-up shacks might have, over a generation, become a Main Street of brick and stone structures occupied by local merchants who lived in apartments above their shops. Another generation later, 5-story hotels and apartments might have risen. People have often adapted buildings freely: putting on an addition or a second story, carving out an in-law unit or subdividing into a duplex. A healthy neighborhood is constantly evolving and regenerating itsel...f. We know that co-creation works for growing towns. We need to tolerate gradual change- If you own a house and want to make it a duplex, for example, you should be able to walk into City Hall and walk out with a permit to do so. We need to retool our regulatory processes and financing systems to legalize small. Here's an article for further insight: https://www.briget.org/revital/co-create-for-better-growth/ Photo credit: The Factory (1887) by Vincent Van Gogh. Original from the Barnes Foundation. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. #smalltowns #BRIGET_org #supportbusiness #neighborhoods #revitalization #cocreation #growth

World Town Planning Day is also known as WTPD, World Day of Urbanism, or World Urbanism Day. The holiday is observed on November 8th every year and aims at promoting the role of planning in creating livable urban communities. World Urbanism Day also creates awareness of the environmental impact created by the development of cities and territories. WTPD brings together professional planners and the general community to see how we can shape the world into an ideal place that ...we want to live and work in. Yeah, we know November 8th is a long time from now. We just thought you'd want to know something awesome happens on November 8th, so you could mark November 8th on your calendar and have plenty of time to consider how you can participate in your community... on November 8th. #smalltowns #BRIGET_org #supportbusiness #WorldTownPlanningDay #november8th #townplanning

Sightline Institute’s Michael Andersen wrote, Suddenly, zoning reforms are popping up everywhere. Every city that undertakes one of these fixes to a long-broken system, and observes that the sky doesn’t fall, is an inspiration to countless others, where emboldened local leaders can now point and say, See, they did it! As Spatial Planners and Placemaking practitioners, BRIGET is here to collaborate. Photo Credit: RF._.studio ... _ #smalltownsigns #BRIGET_org #supportbusiness #spaces