ABOUT THE EVENT
“They’ve Been Down So Long… Getting Up’s Still on Their Minds”
in the Community Education Room
Michael Tolle’s recent book discusses the past, present and future of the towns along the lower Schuylkill River, from Pottstown to the Conshohockens. In this talk, he will address the question of why Phoenixville alone is experiencing a locally-generated revival, while the towns both upriver and downriver continue to stagnate.
Michael E. Tolle is the author of “What Killed Downtown? Norristown, Pennsylvania, From Main Street to the Malls”, and blogs regularly in support of urban revival in America’s small towns, using the eight towns on Pennsylvania’s lower Schuylkill River as his subjects.
Michael has a B.S.F.S. (Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service) from Georgetown University and a Masters Degree in History from Villanova.
He has worked in Vietnam, first in a province resettling refugees, then in Saigon. As Deputy Chief of the Refugee Division of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Michael was responsible for the day-to-day operations in support of refugees throughout the country.
He has been an instructor in History at Delaware County Community College and Montgomery County Community College. He now resides in San Francisco, where he continues his research and focus on the history and future of our small towns.
This program is co-sponsored by the Historical Society of the Phoenixville Area.
This event is free and open to the public. Reservations are required on the Adult Events calendar at www.phoenixvillelibrary.org or by calling 610-933-3013, Ext. 132.
610-933-3013 x132
