“Regardless of the path, one thing is clear: There’s big money in small(er) America.”— Rina Raphael, fastcompany.com
“Five years ago we might have made a grant for a fire station. Now it might be a substance-abuse center.”— Judy Sisson, bloomberg.com
“Most people in cities are now several generations away from life on the farm, and some even think of rural areas as our dumping ground. It’s where we send our prisoners, our garbage and our toxic waste.”— Daniel Lichter, bloomberg.com