July, 2014 | ModeShift

Louisville and Carmel in New York Times Articles That Confirm First Principle of U.S. Economic Development

by Keith SchneiderJuly 23, 2014July 23, 20141

CARMEL, Ind. â€“ James Brainard, the 60-year-old mayor of Carmel, Indiana, is not the kind of public official who deplores change. Heâ€™s just the opposite, in fact. In 1994, this prosperous suburb just north of Indianapolis held a planning workshop, inviting its 31,000 residents to consider ideas to redevelop Carmelâ€™s crossroads downtown, parts of which date to the cityâ€™s founding in 1830. The next year Mr. Brainard, a moderate Republican, was elected to the first …

ROMP Bluegrass Festival Honors The Masters and Advances Compelling New Artists

by Keith SchneiderJuly 18, 2014July 25, 20147

OWENSBORO, KY — Bill Monroe, a virtuoso mandolin player and the father of bluegrass music, was born in 1911 and raised on a ridgetop near Rosine, Kentucky about 40 miles south of the bluff on the Ohio River where Owensboro is located. With every passing year the connection between Monroe, his birthplace, and this river city gets closer. That’s never more true than during the last weekend in June when Owensboro hosts ROMP, the River …

LeBron James’ Letter Is Celebration of Superb Writing

by Keith SchneiderJuly 15, 2014January 7, 20211

Four years ago, when he both challenged the self-effacing values of his Midwestern roots and embraced the youthful self-absorption of his generation, LeBron James announced his departure from Cleveland in a nationally televised broadcast viewed by millions. I was in a diner in Antrim County, Michigan watching the interview while hydrating with a cool beer after a 60-mile summer bike ride. On Friday James explained his return to Northeast Ohio, his intent to finish his …