Ben Muldrow served on a Resource Team from the National Trust for Historic Preservation to evaluate the Main Street program in St. Johns. As part of a 6 member team, Ben focused on community branding and helping the downtown to enhance its marketing efforts through a shared brand. The week was an amazing one, meeting some of the most creative and diverse people who are fiercely protective of their community. It is hard to figure out how to adopt...

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Ben Muldrow, joined by Randy Wilson of Community Design Solutions, spent four days in Greenwood, Mississippi, in the heart of the Mississippi Delta. Anytime I go to the Delta, I am constantly reminded how much I like it. The people there are like no other. There is something very different about how people live, eat, celebrate art, connect with the land, and cherish one another in the Delta. And Greenwood has the full spectrum, from the...

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Staunton, Virginia has carved a special place in our hearts. This, the Queen City of the Shenandoah, is an architectural wonder, a true surprise along the 81 corridor, home of the American Shakespeare Theater, and of our dear friends, Bill and Kathy Fraizer. We discovered some many cool things while working on this project, Gypsy Hill park, Newtown Baking, Queen City Brewing, etc. If you like a place where a thriving city sets its grid into the...

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Ours is a life on the water.  Here, the salt waters of the Gulf meet America’s last vast unimpeded natural waterway.  We started as a place where boat-builders, timber harvesters, and fishermen used the bounty of these waters. Our life is the Escatawpa, the Pascagoula, and the creeks and marshes that surround us.  It is here that we play, we fish, and we swim.  It is here that the sun rises and sets on water and where spectacular views...

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Ben Muldrow served on a Resource team focusing on Community Branding for Wisconsin Main Street and The National Trust for Historic Preservation. This five member team, featuring Jay Schlinsog of Downtown Professionals Network, focused on the four point process, and made targeted suggestion to this organization

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Tripp and Ben Muldrow braved the colds of the Wyoming winter for a follow up visit to Pinedale and to develop a brand for this amazing town of 1500. Needless to say, I was blown away. Amazing Views. This one made an impression that will last. Here is a little more from their Brand Statement. We don’t have bistros run by celebrity chefs, we don’t even have a greasy burger joint with a clown as a mascot.  We do have locally-run restaurants,...

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