Participating In The City Or Consuming It?

How should we think about *being* in a place?

I got home a few days ago from the Strong Towns National Gathering in Providence, Rhode Island. I went to last year’s in Cincinnati, and while I had, and have, a lot of session notes and great conversations, I think what stands out the most to me from these gatherings is the cities themselves. Cincinnati is a city I still occasionally think about, which…