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How small towns are responding to the global pandemic

  • Written by Leah Kemp, Director and Primary Researcher, Fred Carl Jr. Small Town Center; Adjunct Professor of Architecture, Mississippi State University
How small towns are responding to the global pandemicPatrons eat outside at a small cafe in West Reading, Pennsylvania, as the community begins to reopen.Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images

Before the global pandemic hit, small towns across America were dealing with struggling economies, aging roads and bridges, and declining populations.

The coronavirus added new challenges,...

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