Essays
42nd Annual New Bedford Half Marathon
The 42nd Annual New Bedford Half Marathon is upon us! Maybe you aren’t running the race, but you likely know someone who is, or is somehow associated with it.…
Read MoreNew Bedford’s Transition to a Smart City: Resilient Independence, or Technocratic Feudalism?
How can New Bedford capitalize on technological innovation and the need to prepare for climate change in a way that stimulates homegrown economic development and resilience?
Read MoreIs it time to love Rte. 18?
By Steven Froias Groundworker-At-Large When it was completed in the early 1980s, The Standard-Times immortalized Rte. 18’s terminus at Cove Street with the headline, “Highway to Nowhere?” Partially designed to…
Read MoreFrontier Airlines failed me. Here’s what I learned about business:
In a money-based society, business is who we are. It’s how we show up in the world. It’s the local gift shop where you buy a card to tell someone you love them. It’s the hair stylist who becomes a trusted confidant over the years. It’s the person who builds a website so your passion project can fly. It’s how we shelter ourselves, how we eat, and how we try to have a little fun along the way.
Read MoreSacred Spacemaking: Celebrating 9 Years of Yoga on Union
In the yoga world, we often feel pressure to have some ohm-shanti samadhi experience every time we practice. At Yoga on Union, I felt the space to work through my condition: grumpy, happy, sad, angry… whatever it might be.
Read MoreWhy we need less personal space: A look at the proximity principle
If proximity helps us form relationships, what happens when we have too much personal space? Are we in the United States too far removed from each other?
Read MoreWhy we’re doing away with “FOMO” marketing
We’re fed up with the FOMO, a nasty social media side effect that leads to dissatisfaction and unhappiness. Here’s how we are going to change our marketing strategy…
Read MoreWhy collaboration is really really hard (and you should still do it)
True collaboration requires us to spend time listening– both to ideas we love, and to a bunch of annoying, useless, disagreeable, and otherwise unappealing garbage. And yet the results will make it all worthwhile.
Read MoreSeizing New Bedford’s Moment
In the 19th century, it was whaling. In the 20th, textiles and manufacturing sustained New Bedford. And perhaps now, in the 21st century, the city has found another industry to…
Read MoreWhat makes a community thrive?
What makes a community thrive? Like most of you, I’ve been involved in lots of communities. Some make you feel a sense of belonging and connection and purpose– all the good things. Others can be well-intentioned, full of good people, and just… blah.
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