5 Introduction Housing What exists and what is missing in small city housing, and how to build more of the diverse housing types communities value. Waterfronts How rivers and coastlines have shaped small cities’ origins, growth, and identity, and how these relationships can be restored and reimagined. Social and Cultural Resources The recurring divide between residents “from here” and those who “came here,” and the role civic and cultural resources can play in bridging it. “Meds & Eds” Cities Small cities’ growing dependence on universities and hospitals as economic anchors, and the resulting housing pressures, town-gown divides, and questions of genuine partnership. Share findings from the Co-Lab through four reoccuring themes: Feature collaborators whose perspectives broaden and deepen the network – scholars, designers, policymakers, organizers, and students committed to advancing smallcity research and practice. Respond to an open Co-Lab question. Collaborators reflected on one of the questions featured at the end of each booklet, helping build the Small Cities Knowledge Network and advance project-based collaborations among small city actors. 1. 2. 3.
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