July 09, 2010

Fetterman and being helpful in the rustbelt

Does no community deserve to end?
Paving the Way: CBS story by Jeff Glor profiles the decaying Rust Belt steel town of Braddock, Pennsylvania and Mayor John Fetterman; a man trying to bring it back from the rubble - it's not clear cut.


Watch CBS News Videos Online

also see the Levi's commercial here
"Frontiers are all around us...Maybe the world breaks on purpose so we can have work to do."  ??
Levi invested in Braddock's community center, public library and urban farm.
We are All Workers film trailer in association witth Independent Film & Sundance Channels

It's sad commentary that the end of the world scenes on Cormac McCarthy's The Road film were filmed here but at least it brought income!
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Here's Youngstown: John Slanina's blog full of still secret dining and entertainment treasures

BBC story: "Did somebody draw a 'Stupid Circle' around Youngstown? Slum-tech in India has nothing on us!"

Rust Belt reading such as Why The Garden Club Couldn't Save Youngstown