Stop Raising Your Kids to Leave Home w/ Javier Velazquez
Most people drive through a forgotten small town without a second look. Javier Velazquez, writer of the Substack Exiled Heart and founder of the consulting practice Townward, sees a deep America underneath it. He joins Jason Craig to talk about the local history developers and franchises keep plastering over, and why a man with real affection for a place may be what that place needs most.
In This Episode, We Cover:
Why small towns keep handing their story to developers and national franchises
How an outside YMCA push edged a thriving, dad-run youth sports league out of the local gyms
Why…
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