John L. Gann, Jr., Selling Ithaca to Cornell," Ithaca (NY) Times, January 4, 2012, p. 6.

Do Cornell’s plans for New York City mean towns like Ithaca can no longer be sold as locations for universities or tech incubators?

Larry Kaufmann, "Boomers’ Retirement an Opportunity for College Towns," Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate Policy News (The Heartland Institute), March, 2012, p. 13.

A book review of The Third Lifetime Place finds that “Gann makes a credible case” for college town retirement and “presents a detailed marketing strategy for packaging and marketing the benefits of college towns to retirees.”

John L. Gann, Jr., "Univer-Cities," Gainesville (FL) Sun, Sunday, April 8, 2012, p. 58.

Cornell chose New York instead of its home town for a new campus citing Ithaca’s size and rural isolation. But small college towns can become diverse Univer-Cities if they develop their advantages.

John L. Gann, Jr., "The Second Senior Class: New Opportunities for Colleges," Davis (CA) Enterprise, November 25, 2012, p. A-17.

An Ohio university pioneered unique college town living for students, faculty, and retirees together.

John L. Gann, Jr., "Changing Economy Is a Big Challenge for College Towns," Davis (CA) Enterprise, April 8, 2012, p. A11.

Recruiting and incentivizing can attract investment from universities just as they have done with industry for years. College towns should not take their colleges for granted.

John L. Gann, Jr., "University Towns Face Challenges," Columbia (MO) Daily Tribune, April 10, 2012, p. 5A.

Thanks to distance learning, “the idea that you have to spend four years living on a campus to get an education might soon go the way of the idea that to read a book you have to purchase a heavy, pricey, paper-and-ink product by visiting a bricks-and-mortar store.”

John L. Gann, Jr., "When the University Is the Main Appeal," Ithaca (NY) Times, December 3, 2014, p. 14.

The popularity of glitzy big cities has made housing there chronically unaffordable. Nearby non-metro college towns grown into "Univer-Cities" could compete for growth by offering some big-city advantages at more affordable prices.


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