This blog is written by one of 15 individuals attending the South By Southwest Conference in Austin with the intention to bring back ideas and to reimagine Richland County. Imagine: four or five times a day, you line up against a wall in one of Austin’s largest buildings. You’ve staked out your spot an hour […]
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Let’s put Mansfield on the world stage
This blog is written by one of 15 individuals attending the South By Southwest Conference in Austin with the intention to bring back ideas and to reimagine Richland County. Today is the penultimate day of our #SXSW419 experience in Austin. Throughout the week I’ve had the chance to listen to a whole array of world […]
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The psychology of SXSW and why that’s important to understand
This blog is written by one of 15 individuals attending the South By Southwest Conference in Austin with the intention to bring back ideas and to reimagine Richland County. Yesterday was hump day for SXSW. I woke up and my brain hurt. In fact, my brain and I felt like we got jumped by a gang […]
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How Richland County could use “Hackathons” to tackle challenges
This blog is written by one of 15 individuals attending the South By Southwest Conference in Austin with the intention to bring back ideas and to reimagine Richland County. At South By Southwest you meet some of the best people when you’re waiting in line or when you attend a session you were not planning […]
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From pump factory to Pump House Ministries
Editor’s Note: This is Part One in a four-part series on the past, present and future of the former F.E. Myers property and Pump House Ministries. ASHLAND – These days, the industrial site in Ashland north of Fourth Street between Orange and Union Streets is viewed as an eyesore. Just blocks from the revitalization taking […]
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Could Silicon Valley fall in love with Mansfield?
This blog is written by one of 15 individuals attending the South By Southwest Conference in Austin with the intention to bring back ideas and to reimagine Richland County. Before our team left for Austin, TX Cameron Haring shared an article that explained how a Congressman from Ohio partnered with venture capitalists to take them […]
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How do you showcase a city?
This blog is written by one of 15 individuals attending the South By Southwest Conference in Austin with the intention to bring back ideas and to reimagine Richland County. SXSW is marketing on steroids. Cities like Akron, Richmond and Tulsa are here showcasing themselves on a world stage. It makes me wonder: What if we […]
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Richland County takes chance with opportunity zones
MANSFIELD – When an opportunity recently presented itself to Richland County, the community came together to make the most of it, according to the Richland Community Development Group economic director Barrett Thomas. At T-minus two weeks, Thomas and about a dozen other representatives from local organizations joined efforts to submit several census tracts in Mansfield […]
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“Home is everywhere you go”
This blog is written by one of 15 individuals attending the South By Southwest Conference in Austin with the intention to bring back ideas and to reimagine Richland County. A few nights ago I decided to walk around Austin late in the evening. In doing so I met a man named Pherron who is of […]
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Startup Ecosystem: Say it like you mean it
This blog is written by one of 15 individuals attending the South By Southwest Conference in Austin with the intention to bring back ideas and to reimagine Richland County. I woke up this morning already feeling less than optimally productive because I didn’t even take a swing at seeing Elon Musk’s newly added session today, […]