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The Watershed School: local interest vs. local access
I may be heading to some kind of Pedestrian Hell: I have enrolled my daughter, a first-grader-to-be, in a charter school. Actually, The Watershed School, which opens this fall, has a component that sh… more →
The Fairbanks Pedestrian
The Watershed School: local interest vs. local access
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Paul Adasiak wrote 7 months ago: I may be heading to some kind of Pedestrian Hell: I have enrolled my daughter, a first-grader-to-be, … more →
Fairbanks Pedestrian on Energy-Wise (Fairbanks AM radio)
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Paul Adasiak wrote 11 months ago: Just a week ago, I got my first radio interview: I talked for 20 minutes with Marielle Smith, the pr … more →
Is percapita income suitaible indicator to measure Economic Development?
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syedshoaib wrote 1 year ago: This question has many substantial and subtle aspects. These arise from the delusion among various e … more →
Misanthropes in our midst
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Paul Adasiak wrote 1 year ago: I often think that, in Fairbanks, I must be seen as some kind of pervert. At a recent work meeting a … more →
Why do we hate teenagers?
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Paul Adasiak wrote 1 year ago: Why do we hate teenagers so much? What made them an acceptable target for disenfranchisement? On one … more →
Fairbanks Pedestrian at Clucking Blossom this Saturday (tomorrow)!
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Paul Adasiak wrote 1 year ago: This Saturday (May 17), join me at Clucking Blossom for a discussion on the future of neighborhoods … more →
Quotations for the day
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Paul Adasiak wrote 1 year ago: As you may know, I’ve been reading Ray Oldenburg’s book The Great Good Place: Cafes, Cof … more →
What to do during TV Turnoff Week?
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Paul Adasiak wrote 1 year ago: As you may have learned from the News-Miner or elsewhere, it is currently TV Turnoff Week (April 21- … more →
What's going on in your neighborhood? How would you find out?
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Paul Adasiak wrote 1 year ago: One of the drawbacks of newspapers, except in the smallest of towns, is that their coverage of neigh … more →
Who loves drunk driving? We do! or, Why every neighborhood should have a tavern
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Paul Adasiak wrote 1 year ago: Usually, I try to present my own thoughts and words here. But in The Great Good Place, sociologist R … more →
More lessons from school than those within the walls
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Paul Adasiak wrote 1 year ago: Edited 2 April 2008 My wife and I have been confronted with a choice — one that is available m … more →
Hosting, guesting, and "third places"
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Paul Adasiak wrote 1 year ago: My wife and I host a monthly “soup night” to which twenty or thirty of our friends, plus … more →
Youth soccer, social capital, and neighborhoods
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Paul Adasiak wrote 1 year ago: Today, I’ll tackle the dark side of one of our most cherished, wholesome institutions: youth s … more →
Addendum to "The secret ingredient"
Paul Adasiak wrote 1 year ago: After reading yesterday’s post (“The secret ingredient? People!“), my wife raised … more →
The secret ingredient? People!
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Paul Adasiak wrote 1 year ago: I hope that my vicious lie doesn’t forever taint my daughter’s valuation of public space … more →
