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Graduate from high school. Drive across the country. Earn your first paycheck. A lot can be accomplished in 17 years. Sadly, what America has accomplished, certainly not by choice but in the same span of time, is grow its poverty level to 46.2 million people. A US Census Bureau report released in October showed that in 2010, 15.1% of the country lived in poverty. Not since 1993 has it been this high.
Since 1992, the Back Mountain Business Association has strived to connect businesses with one another and with the community, and to provide positive input through monthly meetings and workshops. In 2005, the Economic Development Council of the Back Mountain was formed to address the need for the region to exert some positive control over its economic future.
Learning about the structure of classic music or having a conversation about the latest update in neuroscience, all while enjoying a glass of wine or a cup of coffee in downtown Scranton, is the “brain child” of Elizabeth Randol, policy director for Pennsylvania Treasury.
By early June, most students reap the fruits of their labor in the form of a grade. For the students attending school at The Lands at Hillside Farms (TLHF), the fruits of their labor will yield, well..., fruit.
A welcome escape from the hustle and bustle of the downtown lies but a few miles from the urban metropolis that is the Wyoming Valley— in the Back Mountain. On any given day that requires a commute into town, we immediately find ourselves looking forward to the journey home. In contemplation of the trek through the infamous ”rock cut”, we are often reminded of a line from the Wizard of Oz— “Follow the yellow brick road.” What lies beyond? Why, the Emerald City, of course...