The book Celebration, U.S.A. was discussed Monday night, April 26, 2004. After talking about the book and the issues for a while, Ceci contacted Beth in her RV somewhere in Georgia for more specific answers, particularly about schools.
Since our meeting, Beth has shared some of her opinions on the sale of Market Street and the town governance. Click on Beth for a copy of her note.
If you have time for some extra reading,
 | read a copy of Michael Pollan's 1997 NY Times article on Celebration (this is a Word file and I checked it for viruses) |
| check out the New Urban News, and its subpage, "About New Urbanism" for more information. It gives credit to Celebration for popularizing New Urbanism. (sometimes this site asks for a name and password--just make one up) |
| take a virtual tour of Seaside, Florida |
| read about Adin Ballou and the utopian community of Hopedale, MA (a little dry) |
| learn about the Intentional Communities movement |
| find out about Levittown, NY, the famous post-WWII community popular with returning soldiers starting families |