Rising from Rust

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.  “What is culture?” I challenge you to answer this question before reading on, because it’s the question that opened my most valuable session here at SXSW […]

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.  You think about life and how a lot of things come about because of change, whether good or bad, but how? In my time at The […]

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.  There are 30,000 people at SXSW and I was in a session with 1,799 strangers. On the surface it doesn’t appear to be an easy place […]

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 I surpassed my goal of meeting 10 random people in Austin to discuss aspects of food and entertainment that they enjoyed either here at SXSW […]

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. There has been a common theme at some of the SXSW sessions I’ve attended: “What’s next?” What’s next in technology? What’s next in transportation? What will […]

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. Planning, development and innovation are nothing new to the work I do at Downtown Mansfield, Inc. As someone who has been engaged in planning, community and […]

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’ll start with a confession: I’m a day late with my blog. It’s Sunday morning and after two packed days of sessions and even longer conversations […]

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 have now finished two days at my first South By Southwest and all I can really say is WOW! From the speakers I have listened […]

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. In the thick of March Madness, I’d like to give you a little taste of March Magic. As a total newbie to the SXSW experience, I […]

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. As a public sector employee, I am often confronted with the argument that the public sector is holding the future of our cities hostage. Their unwillingness […]