Bradenton is a city of just under 50,000 on the west coast of Florida. It calls itself the friendly city. It is located between Tampa and Sarasota on Tampa Bay and the Manatee River. One of the most interesting things about Bradenton is its Village Arts Center, a reclaimed and specially zoned area where artists live and work. The Pittsburgh…...

Winchester is a growing town of just over 28,000 in extreme northern Virginia.  Winchester has a long history going back to the French and Indian War, the Revolution, and the Civil War.  The nearby mountains and Shenandoah National Park are quite beautiful, yet it is not that far from Washington D.C.  As a college town, Winchester is home to the…...

Bowling Green, Kentucky is a picturesque and growing college town that makes a perfect retirement community for active adults who would like to stay near the Midwest. This town of about 61,000 in southwest Kentucky has development projects totaling hundreds of millions of dollars underway or newly completed. It is about an hour’s drive north of Nashville. Bowling Green has…...

Fruita is a small town on the west central edge of Colorado. The Colorado National Monument towers over the town and the Colorado River borders it, as does the Uncompahgre Plateau. The town started out as a fruit producing region, but is now know for the outdoor sports it offers, especially mountain biking and rafting.  Fruita is popular with paleontologists…...