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May 3Liked by Christine Hmiel Schudde

I wonder if one strategy might be to compress the zone and time of density. For example, when I lived in Ithaca, I loved that the farmer's market could feel quite dense -- there were a ton of people, a ton of vendors, and it was all compressed into a few hours each weekend in a relatively small area. For a small city, it felt very vibrant.

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Someone else just emailed me a similar observation about farmers' markets! It's a great point, and definitely a time and place where you can feel a lot of vibrancy. Compressing the time of density is giving me a lot to think about -- all of the other outdoor markets and events that happen here where you can feel the hum and bustle of a small city.

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May 3Liked by Christine Hmiel Schudde

City loans/grants for local small business owners! Also the arts - the arts bring in the people and then the breweries start popping up/coffee and food/ then the rest follows 🙃

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The art x brewery x coffee collab... essential!

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May 3Liked by Christine Hmiel Schudde

I love this question/angle. And what I love about our small city is the walkable pockets of density-- and that you can walk between most of them. Delaware ave, over to Lark, up to New Scotland, then to Madison, etc. Its that in between residential space where we run into friends, witness incredible architecture, see trees.

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The pockets of density! Yes!

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