http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 13. http://www.hcn.org/wotr/16937 Kathryn Socie works two jobs and still can’t afford to buy a house in Missoula, but she believes that her life in Montana is well worth the sacrifice it takes. No publisher Kathryn Socie Socio-economics Kathryn Socie Missoula Montana socio-economics cost of living real estate housing prices employment wages jobs Western boomtowns communities affordable housing 2010-02-05T09:43:01Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/267/14536 More than a dozen Asian-owned local businesses in Denver are being driven out to make way for a taxpayer-subsidized Wal-Mart Supercenter, in a destructive pattern seen across the nation No publisher Stacy Mitchell Socio-economics Wal-Mart Wal-Mart Supercenters Denver Colorado socio-economics government subsidies corporate chains 2010-02-05T09:56:07Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/239/13553 Vancouver, Wash., has a rapidly growing population, many of them people who can't afford to live where they work, across the river in Portland, Ore. No publisher Rebecca Clarren Socio-economics 2010-02-05T08:40:47Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/238/13539 The sales pitch for the Silver Bow Club, a gated ranch community proposed for Montana's Big Hole River, weighs 12 pounds and encourages vivid lifestyle fantasies. No publisher Florence Williams Socio-economics 2010-02-05T08:40:37Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/238/13512 The Stock Farm outside of Hamilton, Mont., is one of many new exclusive gated housing developments in the West, and some fear that these fortified palaces, which cater to a wealthy elite, will further divide communities and adversely impact the land. No publisher Florence Williams Socio-economics 2010-02-05T08:40:28Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/233/11380 As part of the United Nations' 2002: The Year of the Mountains proclamation, a program on the problems facing mountain peoples will be held in Silverton, Colo., Sept. 26-28. No publisher Lolly Merrell Socio-economics 2010-02-05T08:54:39Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/16963 Now that logging no longer provides enough money to support Oregon’s libraries, Pepper Trail says it’s up to citizens to decide to keep their state’s bookshelves filled and accessible. No publisher Pepper Trail public lands education Self-Determination tax base quality of life public libraries Logging communities Oregon socio-economics Communities Socio-economics books Forest Service taxes rural communities Bureau of Land Management logging communities Secure Rural Schools and Community budgets 2010-02-05T09:43:08Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/338/16781 In Western Colorado, where the energy boom is stretching the resources – and social fabric – of local communities, some companies have turned to portable dormitories to ease the housing crunch. No publisher David Frey man camps commuters Basin EnCana Parachute Silt energy boom energy industry Robert Samples roughnecks Garfield County Communities Rifle demographics population growth Piceance Socio-economics Colorado Oil and gas mo Jorge Leo portable housing boomtowns drill rigs 2011-02-04T16:49:59Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/338/16780 Homeless families aren’t found only in urban areas. They’re also struggling to survive in the rural West, as shown by the story of Barbara Trivitt and her two children, who lived in a Jeep in Coos Bay, Oregon, this fall. No publisher Emma Brown Lance HUD underprivileged rural West Coos Bay Cheslock Trivitt socio-economics small towns Oregon Jennifer Barbara Trivitt Eric Trivitt Socio-economics social problems famil Homelessness single parent affordable housing domestic violence homeless families 2011-01-21T00:16:48Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/370/17687 An energy boom of unprecedented proportions is transforming western Colorado towns like Rifle, which just recently recovered from the last big energy boom – and a catastrophic bust. No publisher Francisco Tharp Western Slope of Colorado extractive industry Colorado energy boom small town life oil shale bust energy oil and gas drilling boom and bust Socio-economics Rifle Communities amenity economy industry economy 2010-07-26T22:28:03Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/340/16839 Willits, Calif., is one of a growing number of communities trying to prepare for a post-oil world by becoming economically and agriculturally sustainable. No publisher Tim Holt Localization community activists oil peak oil energy sustainability fuel costs petroleum Energy Oil and gas WELL locally grown foods grassroots groups Energy Department Jason Bradford Socio-economics oil production post-oil planning Willits Economic independence Freddie Long 2010-08-26T21:06:19Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/338/16794 Giles Slade’s new book, Made to Break: Technology and Obsolescence in America, is a fascinating intellectual history of how marketers demolished the American tradition of thrift. No publisher Matt Jenkins Giles Slade CIA waste Cold War Brooks Stevens marketing Made to Break social history arms race General Motors Socio-economics design advertising new products automobile nonfiction Eisenhower manufacturing technology planned obsolescence Henry ford 2010-08-30T23:37:42Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/338/16793 In All God’s Children: Inside the Dark and Violent World of Street Families, Rene Denfeld tells the disturbing story of Portland’s teen runaways, charting the path that took one of them, Danielle Marie Cox, from honor student to convicted murderer. No publisher Stephen J. Lyons teen runaways panhandling James Daniel Danielle Marie Cox troub All God’s Children: Inside the Dark cults Oregon socio-economics and Violent World of Street Families Socio-economics Nelson Jessica Kate Williams Portland drug abuse Rene Denfeld Thantos Family 2010-08-30T23:36:07Z News Article