
A Designer’s Winding Path to Economic Development
This blog was guest-written by our Digital Storyteller, Olivia Asam. Take it away, Olivia! I’m a few months removed from design school, a few months
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This blog was guest-written by our Digital Storyteller, Olivia Asam. Take it away, Olivia! I’m a few months removed from design school, a few months

Resetting My Internal GPS Sitting in the back of my mom’s car as a little kid, I could tell where we were by the way

Ten months ago, when I started my path as a PPR intern, I couldn’t have anticipated how quickly the time would go or how fast

Here’s something that doesn’t get said often enough: your career is not just yours. Every opportunity you’ve landed, every door that opened, every moment someone

In a year already moving fast, we chose to slow down. At the end of January, the full PPR team gathered in Stevensville, Maryland, for

This year’s blog assignment for PPR Strategies was simple on paper: look back at 2025 and look ahead to 2026. In practice, it’s been anything

During this particularly nostalgic time of year, I came across a photo of me at age 16, posing for the camera at my first job.

This year, I found myself reflecting on the role planning plays in my life, how naturally it comes to me when I’m organizing for others,

This past year has felt a bit like swapping a familiar walking trail for a brand-new path—same boots, same backpack, but suddenly the terrain looks
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Traditionally, “sports and economic development” conjures a shiny new stadium and a ribbon-cutting. But the real opportunity in most communities is smaller and recurring: the
Picture a family planning a fall weekend adventure. A couple of years ago, they would have typed a few words into Google and scrolled through
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