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February 25th, 2009

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Part of a larger project intended to record the oral history of the South Central Minnesota region, the "Third Place Project" focuses on third places in Mankato, MN.

Although Mankato is not rural, I think the audio recordings do an outstanding job of showing the importance of third places in building a sense of community, regardless of a community's size. The recordings also offer great insights into how small business owners can compete against larger business in urban areas. For instance:

In a slideshow about Dan's Barbershop, you'll hear long-time barber Dan Quaderer talk about the art of building relationships. To quote Dan ""Haircutting isn't about haircutting. It's about building relationships."

Through numerous audio recordings with customers of Mocol's Supermarket, you can learn how the owners of a grocery store facilitated political discussions and encourage civic involvement.

Listening to the interviews on at the Wagon Wheel Restaurant, one gets the feeling that people from all walks of life make the place special, including college students and retirees.

Developed by Dave Engen, an instructor in the Department of Speech Communication at Minnesota State University, the "The Third Place Project" is a must for anyone interested in third places.

Other resources include:

The Great Good Place - Ray Oldenburg's book in which he coined the term third places.

Article tagged with Third Places on the ReImagine Rural Blog

"Third Places" - definition at Wikipedia

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While I definitely believe the Knight Foundation is onto something big, I want to caution that so far they've only shown a correlation between community engagement and GDP. Over the next two years, Mazanor in australia, Buy Mazanor online without a prescription, they intend to "analyze the trends to prove whether emotional connection drives economic growth, or the other way around"(from foundation's press release "How much do you love where you live?"), where can i order Mazanor without prescription.

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A significant correlation exists between the emotional connections that residents have towards their community and the community's Gross Domestic Product growth.

Three factors are most significant in impacting how residents feel about their community including:
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February 4th, 2009

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January 27th, 2009

In the podcast interview yesterday Buy Carbocisteine Without Prescription, , John Delconte asked me what rural communities should do to spur the development of "third places". It was a great question.

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John will post the podcast in the near future, and I'll provide a link for anyone wishing to hear the entire podcast.

This list isn't exhaustive-I'd encourage you to learn more about developing Third Places at the Project for Public Spaces website."

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January 26th, 2009

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Ray Oldenburg (who I wrote about yesterday) believes rural post offices are special for another reason: they are informal gather places where community is built. In his words, they are "third places."

I've never felt that post offices meet the criteria for being "third places." That said, Maxalt to buy, Buy Maxalt online without a prescription, I think older people probably look at post offices differently.

Since reading Oldenburg's The Great Good Place, fast shipping Maxalt, Online buying Maxalt hcl, I've tried to watch our local post office from my office, just across the street. I've noticed that older residents do tend to stop for short conversations -- meeting the main criteria for a third place. Post offices are also easily accessible and people from all walks of life meet there, where to buy Maxalt. Maxalt in india, So, we can check a few more criteria off the list that create third places. But to me, Maxalt in mexico, Purchase Maxalt, post offices just doesn't have the feel that I want a third place to have.

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But I think it also points to another of Oldenburg's key arguments: we've lost many of our third places; and with them we've lost much of our sense of community. I hope that we haven't lost so many of them, over the counter Maxalt, Buy Maxalt online with no prescription, however, that our postmasters stop delivering mail when they don't include proper addresses.

Other posts about post offices and third places:

"Post Offices, Maxalt from canadian pharmacy, Order Maxalt from United States pharmacy, information, and participation" at the Neighborhoods blog

"The Dedication of a Small Town Postmaster" at South Dakota Magazine

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Beyond the obvious differences between a coffee shop and a small town café, most of the adults in the room missed the point the students were making: Younger people enjoyed going to larger communities to hang out in coffee shops. If we wanted our community to be a place for their generation, ordering Rocaltrol online, Buy Rocaltrol without a prescription, we needed a coffee shop.

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Oldenburg goes into great depth explaining the community building functions carried out by third places. We'll talk about them more in later posts, but for now I'd like to focus on helping readers recognize third places in their own communities-- not all cafés, buy Rocaltrol online without a prescription, Rocaltrol overseas, pubs, bookstores and community centers meet the qualifications of third places.

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Last summer (2008), three entrepreneurial ladies opened a coffee shop in Howard called Higher Grounds. I've been watching it ever since and have concluded that it is developing into an outstanding third place. It really seems to be filling the need people have to experience a sense of community, Rocaltrol pills, Sale Rocaltrol, which may explain why it's a success.

So, what about your rural community? Do you have any good examples that you can share? I'd really like to create a list of unique third places. Hopefully, Rocaltrol in uk, Rocaltrol in japan, these examples can serve as an inspiration to residents in rural communities that currently lack strong third places.

Other resources on coffee shops and third places

"A new third place enhances a walkable space" -- Greater Greater Washington

"The Downtown Coffee House Business" - Downtown Economics (U, Rocaltrol prescriptions. Rocaltrol san diego, of Wisconsin Extension)

COFFEE SHOP - Research Project for Dr. Gaffney's Urban Social Geography at UNC

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Becoming actively engaged in community activities and decision-making is vital to new residents developing a "sense of community belonging." Sometimes an invitation to join a community group can go a long way towards accomplishing this.

Informal meetings where disparate groups of rural people come together in places-- called "third places" by sociologist Ray Oldenburg -- are vital to the growth of a sense of community belonging in new residents, where to buy Chloramphenicol. Chloramphenicol pills, Unfortunately, these places have large disappeared from the social fabric of rural life.

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