Ark Valley Voice: Transition is Steadily Gaining Traction by Sterling R. Quinton

Great coverage of the last Transition meeting at the Ark Valley Voice:

Consider this: The year is 2030 and the globe is beset with difficulties unimagined by previous generations. Many communities across the Nation are struggling to deal with changes in their standard-of-living and the issues generally associated with second-world economies.

Chaffee County’s modest municipality of Salida, however, has become a Mecca for academics and community planners. Developments which are creating havoc across the country: protracted fuel shortages, empty grocery shelves, widespread joblessness, rising ocean tides, and enduring wars, caused a group of idealistic, action-oriented Salidans to plan for and preempt such eventualities back in 2009.

Read on!