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Third Places in the blogosphere
May 8th, 2009 by Mike Knutson
As mentioned previously, I believe third places help build social capital within a community, make a community a more attractive place to live, and help develop a sense of place. It’s probably a stretch to say they can solve every problem in a community, but I think third places are pretty important.
We haven’t spent much time talking about third places lately, so I thought I’d provide a quick highlight on a couple references that I have stumbled across in the blogosphere lately.
First, Daryl Phillips, Executive Director of the Hickman County Economic Development Association, discovered our original post about third places and writes about the role third places play in his community.
Second, the eclectic blog titled Our Third Place was launched in February. To date, seven posts populate the site, providing first hand experiences of third places.
Third, an older post on The Greater Great Washington blog describes how a third place can help make a community more attractive and walkable. Granted it references Washington, DC, but I think there is still some applicability for rural.
These are but three of the innumerable posts about third places that have come to my attention. In the future, I’ll try to do a better job of bringing them to your attention as well.
Tags: people attraction strategy, sense of place, social capital, Tennessee, third places, Washington DC
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