Marietta is a suburb northwest of Atlanta with a population of about 66,000. The town square is the site of several cultural productions and public events, including a weekly farmers' market. Photo of Cobb County Courthouse, Marietta, Georgia, taken September, 2006, and photo Taken from Glover Park in the town square, September 2006, courtesy of Wikipedia and HowardSF (public domain).…...

Highlands Ranch was once an old Louisiana Purchase-style ranch developed into a huge planned suburb 12 miles south of Denver in 1981. The 22,000-acre master-planned community had a population of 105.000 (2020 census), with many neighborhoods. As developments appeared, they often carried their own names, creating a series of segmented neighborhoods throughout Highlands Ranch. Plans for Highlands Ranch include a…...

As the largest city in the largest contiguous state, Houston does a good job of living up that challenge.  For starters, its population is over 2.3 million and the city ranges over an area of almost 600 square miles. It is named after former President of the Rebublic of Texas, General Sam Houston. The city is home to a very…...

Lufkin, Texas has been selected as one of the first to receive “Texas Certified Retirement Community Certification”. Town officials, which pursued this certification as an innovative form of economic development, viewed the honor "as a verification of Lufkin's quality of life". Nacogdoches County - located 18 miles north of Lufkin - was also honored as one of the first three…...