If you visit downtown Greenville, South Carolina today, it is easy to assume it has always been this way. Tree-lined Main Street is filled with restaurants,...
This isn’t the column I planned to write this week. But September is Suicide Prevention Month, and I’ve spent much of this year dealing with anxiety...
There seems to be a misconception that when we talk about economic development, we’re simply talking about more. More businesses. More buildings. More houses. More tourists....
Let’s say there’s a restaurant down the street from your house. You’ve never eaten there. Maybe it’s not your kind of food. Maybe you think it’s...
Every successful community has them. They are the people who look at an empty storefront and see what could be there. They see an old building...
Spend enough time on social media in Front Royal and Warren County, and you might start wondering why anyone would ever want to live here. According...
Drive through almost any small town in America, and you will see them. Empty storefronts. Sometimes it is a building that has been vacant for years....
Spend a few minutes in Front Royal on almost any weekend, and you’ll see something interesting. Cars with license plates from Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio,...
When the Royal Examiner asked if I’d be interested in writing a regular column, my first reaction was surprise. My second reaction was a simple question....