The Local Revolution: How You Can Save Your Small Town - Natchez, Mississippi
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A Before and After Video
What your empty lots, abandoned houses, and some streets could look like and examples from other towns
Images provided by BlackNatchez.org and AI reimagining done by Deb Brown using Perplexity.AI
Neighborhood Lots, Buildings, Streets in Natchez with a little paint, plywood, art, and love by SaveYourTown and BlackNatchez
Excerpts from the book
From Possibilities to Reality: Save Your Small Town with these Uniquely Do-able Ideas, Projects, and Success Stories
Bonus: Kittanning, PA Changed Their City One House at a Time
How they did it
This 12 minute video walks you through the process you can use in your neighborhoods to change your city.
Year Five Update Video from Andrew Laddaslaw
Of note, they are at 48% improved city wide! And he's noticing that not only has the public gotten on board to update their property as they can, but there is more public and private investment making a real difference.
If you want to learn more about the system or see progress from years past, check out the videos below:
2018:
• The Plan to Fix Up Kittanning (Solving Bli...
2019:
• How You Can Change Your City (A Simple Sys...
2020:
• A Simple System to Transform Your Small To...
2021:
• A Simple System To Change Your Small Town ...
2022:
• Another HUGE Improvement in Kittanning (So...
Check out the podcast on all your favorite podcasting platforms!
Anchor: https://anchor.fm/greatestcityintheworld
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03khqkT...
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
Google: https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR...
Available on pretty much every other podcast platform as well. Just search Kittanning:Greatest City in the World 😃
Host Your Own Local Revolution
Bring Deb to town to visit a part of your town or a neighborhood you'd like to beautify, help, involve locals, and create your own magic. Each experience is designed for your community. There are some commonalities, though.
- You'll have a drive through of the area, or walk through if it is only a few blocks.

- Bring people together over a meal, often sponsored by a local organization.

- Visit with Deb in an open setting and talk about what your challenges may be, share ideas, talk about what has worked before, and learn the Idea Friendly Method.

- Break out into groups, and create your own Idea Friendly Projects that you can put to work right away in your town.

- Some communities purchase books to be shared in book club settings, as they did in Burney, California.
Deb works with you and your team in advance to put together all the moving parts, write press releases, talk about possible sponsors and funding, bringing people to the table to participate, and follow up after the event. It is a fullday with Deb in your community.
Start with a conversation. Fill out the form below