Marc Winn and his co-founders recently launched the Dandelion Project in Guernsey which is all about bringing a community together to help create a better place for everybody to live in Dandelion Project. 65,000 inhabitants live on the island of Guernsey off the coast of Normandy, France. This dedicated group is changing their world – and making it the best to live on the planet by 2020.
Jonathon Holth opened a restaurant called the Toasted Frog in downtown Grand Forks, ND and is helping redefine what a downtown community should and can be. Jonathon is involved in the vibrancy initiative and is changing his corner of the world.
Then there’s me. I believe in the power of small towns, living a better life right where you are and being a bigger, better version of who you are. I started the Tour of Empty Buildings and it has grown to be used around the world.
The three of us are sitting on a panel called Urbanism – A Conversations About Growing Downtowns. May 27 at 3:30 pm in Fargo at the Elevate building, you can join us for the conversation.
Yes, this is part of the Misfit Fargo production, where we all are working on putting a dent in the universe.