Higher Grounds at South Dakota Magazine

June 4th, 2009 by Mike Knutson

Although it’s not Wall Drug - at least not yet - Howard’s Higher Ground Coffee is fast becoming famous as a “third place.” Yesterday, it was featured on South Dakota Magazine’s blog.

I actually knew the post was coming because Bernie Hunhoff and Paul Higbee had stopped by the office last week, shortly after stopping in at Higher Grounds. We chatted briefly about the role of third places in “building community” and their importance to community development. It was a fun conversation.

As I read Bernie’s post, I was captivated by his photograph, and a thought popped into my mind: wouldn’t it be fun to create a photostream of third places in rural communities? If anyone is interested in this type of collaborative project or has ideas about how to accomplish it, I’d appreciate hearing from you. I’ll spend some time thinking about how “we” can accomplish this as community of people who are committed to rural communities.

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