Tourism
Gateway Economics: What a Town Inherits by Standing Where It Stands
Appalachian gateway towns sit on a kind of inherited wealth most of them never claim. A look at the economics of the front door.
June 24, 2026
Townward Field Notes
Field Notes
Essays and observations on place, hospitality, and the slow work of making towns more fully themselves.
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The Stayover Test, seven reasons visitors leave your town too early.