SMALL TOWNS, BIG COMMUNITIES







There are very few communities, particularly in small town America, with stronger community ties than Corinth, Mississippi. What began as part of a site visit for a design class ended with deep southern hospitality, great food, good company, and a pride for the hard work that built these towns - much of which was not designed, but rather developed through generations of families. When the mayor of a town will meet you at the local Coca-Cola museum for floats, I begin to question whether people aren't the key to planning communities. 


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  1. Professor FulfordSeptember 22, 2024 at 1:46 PM

    People are the key. We need to get out from behind the bombardment from corporate shills and talking heads and walk the neighborhoods and greater communities we are a part of and not apart from. Find the places that make that community special to them and then support those places, advocate for parks or open space, blueways and greenways, native plants, cultural seeds of happiness in the form of good architecture, art, performance, or even spectacle. It's all about place. I'm glad you guys got to take this field trip and meet the people trying to hold the place together.

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