Alexandria, Minnesota: a town that bet on a Viking | Creative City Developments

Alexandria, Minnesota built its identity on Big Ole, America’s tallest Viking, and the Kensington Runestone. A look at the anchor, the numbers, and the gap.

June 26, 2023 No Comments
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Roswell, New Mexico: a crash heard around the galaxy | Creative City Developments

Roswell, New Mexico turned a 1947 UFO crash into a tourism empire of alien museums, festivals, and even a flying-saucer McDonald’s.

June 14, 2023 No Comments
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Saugatuck, Michigan: from sawdust to sea breeze | Creative City Developments

Saugatuck, Michigan traded its lumber mills for art galleries, becoming a Lake Michigan resort town where painters, beaches, and an 1857 chain ferry draw crowds.

June 9, 2023 No Comments
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Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin: a village that refused to coast | Creative City Developments

Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin: a 941-person Victorian resort village that turned 1950s street races into Road America, a track drawing 800,000 fans a year.

February 14, 2023 No Comments
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New Glarus, Wisconsin: the town that decided to stay Swiss | Creative City Developments

How New Glarus, Wisconsin became Little Switzerland, home of Spotted Cow beer you can only buy in-state. A small town’s heritage bet, by the numbers.

February 9, 2023 No Comments
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Ashland, Oregon: a logging town that bet on Shakespeare | Creative City Developments

Ashland, Oregon turned a roofless 1935 stage into the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the anchor that still makes this 21,000-person town a national theater destination.

January 26, 2023 No Comments
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Sanibel Island, Florida: the island that stopped time on purpose | Creative City Developments

Sanibel Island, Florida: the no-high-rise barrier island where shelling is a sport, half the land is protected, and recovery from Hurricane Ian is rewriting paradise.

January 19, 2023 No Comments
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St. Augustine, Florida: America’s oldest city | Creative City Developments

St. Augustine, Florida: the oldest continuously occupied European-established city in the US, where a 1565 Spanish fort and Gilded Age palaces still draw millions.

December 27, 2022 No Comments
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Montrose, Colorado: a Western Slope town with a singular obsession | Creative City Developments

Montrose, Colorado, gateway to Black Canyon of the Gunnison, is recruiting gear makers to a 165-acre riverfront campus and remaking itself as an outdoor recreation business capital.

January 19, 2021 No Comments
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Oakridge, Oregon: a timber town that traded the saw for the saddle | Creative City Developments

Once a gutted Oregon timber town, Oakridge reinvented itself with 350 miles of singletrack to become the self-styled Mountain Biking Capital of the Northwest.

January 15, 2021 No Comments
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