Snapshots of civic renewal around the country

2006
Spring	How I Stopped Listening to People Bitch About the Rain and Learned to Love Seattle	That famed rain? Think of it as the collective tears of everyone in the world not lucky enough to live in the Pacific Northwest
Summer	Nonprofit Nirvana by the Bay	It's no wonder do-gooder types flock to San Francisco: here their work is honored, compensated well and infused with entrepreneurial energy
Fall	Expanding the Herd	A commitment to creative community in Senegal
2005
Jan	State of the Union, Media Edition	A civic snapshot of what's on the minds of reporters Midwest, East and West
Mar	Side Trip: Louisville	I spent a whole weekend in Derby City and didn't see a single horse or baseball bat
May	Leaving the Island	From a little New York island (Staten, not Manhattan), the Gateway City is looking like home
Sep	Mega-Life in the Midwest	What's the matter with Kansas? Pull up La-Z-Boy's largest recliner and let's discuss.
Dec	Kickin' It in Bristol	From culture to counter-culture, this British city's scene welcomes hipsters and hippies...to a nightclub on a boat!
2004
Feb	North Carolina Highlands	Take a look around Asheville, and you decide: "Paris of the South" or "Freak Capital of the United States"?
May	The Big TO	Headed from small-town Calgary to bustling New York, Tara got stopped in her tracks by Toronto
Jun	The Next Great American City? Look West, Young Man.	ABQ could be it
Nov	The Mysterious Ms. X	Can I predict a new St. Louisan's social destiny from the other side of the country? The bet is on.
Dec	Exile Tourism	Underneath the hulking promise of cities — grit, and grace
2003
Jan	Still on the Hill	When is St. Louis not St. Louis? When you're living in the outer reaches of the metro area, wondering how you got there.
Feb	Noir City: Adventure 5¢	Even minus the dot-com millions, there's plenty of fun to be had in the City by the Bay
Mar	K.C. Masterpiece	Kansas City thinks it's better than St. Louis...and maybe they've got a point
Apr	Moving to Honduras	Most people retire and flock to planned communities in Florida or Arizona...so why would I head to rural Central America?
May	We Choose Milwaukee	Ask them, and the Young Professionals of Milwaukee will tell you it's got moxie
Jun	Speaking Loudly and Carrying the Gospel of the Big, Red Stick	Rebirth in Baton Rouge means never running out of true, tall tales
Jul	Finding Health Outside Traditional Practices: Iowa City's Answer	Whether you credit magical properties or just a nurturing community of creatives, you'll find plenty of alternatives in this small town
Aug	Being Blessed and Not Even Knowing It	Greensboro, NC, tries to reach for the civic brass ring
Sep	On Chicago and a New Strategy for Knowing My Place	Sharon loves Chi-Town, but she loves your town, too
Oct	Corpus Christi: The Crown Jewel at a Crossroads	A desolate downtown, potential demolition of historic buildings, fights about appropriate development? Not just in St. Louis
Nov	In Praise of the Un-Sexy	When you come from a place like Winston-Salem, NC, you develop skill at spotting diamonds in the rough
Dec	Scotch Treat	Julia's trip home to Glasgow reveals much has changed about town since her wee lass-hood
2002
Jan	Now Showing: Time Passing By	Bucking the megaplex trend, smaller movie theaters can bring an open-for-business feel to their towns
Feb	See More in B-more	How could a cat like John Waters come from a place called "Charm City?" Just one of the many delightful paradoxes of Baltimore...
Mar	California Dreaming: West of the Border	Traveling through the West, Finley Kipp charts a new course — some of it found on maps, some found only by happy accident
Apr	Walkin' in Memphis	Our doppelganger city to the south bounces back with a revitalized downtown, people on the streets and an energized group of young people
May	Where is Our Mirror?	Seeking St. Louis through the Missouri History Museum's St. Louis Urban Forum and its speakers from other towns
Jun	Black and White and Nowhere Read	Our man in Dayton, Ohio, has experienced certainty exactly once in his new journalistic career
Jul	Stars in Alignment over Nashville	Music City, USA, is singing a new tune that champions human-centered development over placeless sprawl
Aug	Gateways for Billikens	From his beginnings in an idealistic Paraguayan commune through time in St. Louis and now democracy-building in Armenia, Barnabas Johnson has tried to retain the enlightened optimism of the man-child Billiken
Sep	New Urbanist ... Cuba?	Forget what the politicians have told you about commies and their ugly cities, and tag along as Jason Toon explores the sublimely urban Havana
Oct	Austin City (of No) Limits	It's a great place to be young or foreign or a starving artist or a politico...or Spike
Nov	Motor City on the Move	Detroit Synergy Group connects Detroiters to their city, creating a renewed sense of pride in place
Dec	Welcome to Washington	Freedom still rings here, but under lockdown
2001
Jan	Art Dog #21	Of monsters, puppets, Japanese porn and gummy worms
Feb	Underground Indianapolis	Our gal on the street says Indy's kicking our ass
Mar	Burnt Cornbread and an Aussie for Rosco	In which a connection made from halfway across the world reminds us to keep up with our neighbors
Apr	United We Bowl	The "Better Together" report finds we aren't all bowling alone
May	Do You Know the Way?	In San Jose, a group called Circa 2000 leads a civic experiment in community building
Jun	Lessons from the Twins' Cities	From cars to the cost of living, St. Louis ain't like Oakland, as Joy found out and Joy II will come to know
Jul	Thai Journal: Bangkok to Mae Sot	A Webster University professor describes a quarter abroad
Aug	Net Activism	Civic-minded folks from across the U.S. meet, greet and improve their efforts at the Civic Strategies web site
Sep	Confidence is so Attractive	Pittsburgh is giving itself a makeover with self-promotion
Oct	Engine Company #74	New Yorkers are finding comfort, compassion and each other at a once-anonymous firehouse
Nov	Mint Juleps in Little Big Town	Doin' it up right in Louisville, from the Colonel's secret spices to more local theater than you can shake a stick at
Dec	A Capital Idea	There's no better trip to Keep America Rolling than the one to Washington, D.C., where our nation's heart beats

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