The Foothills Corridor: Chapter 8 – Why Foresight Matters in Forgotten Places

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Sep 4, 2025, 11:59:52 AM (8 days ago) Sep 4
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Last week I accidentally sent this out with the title "Foothills Digest". Obviously that was a mistake. That is Carmen Eckard's publication I used to write for. My apologies for any confusion. This is from my book on the region. There is no affiliation with Carmen's publication.

The Foothills Corridor: Chapter 8 – Why Foresight Matters in Forgotten Places

🔗 Link: https://thehoundssignal.substack.com/p/foothills-digest-chapter-8-why-foresight

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📝 Description

Foresight isn’t a luxury in the Foothills Corridor—it’s survival. Chapter 8 explores why long-term thinking matters most in forgotten places, where short-term fixes have drained resilience and delayed renewal. From signal-tracking to scenario planning, foresight is the hinge between decline and reinvention.

🔍 Key Topics Covered

  • Why foresight is critical in regions long dismissed and depleted

  • The cost of reactive planning vs. proactive strategy

  • Cultural erasure timeline in the Foothills (1960–2020)

  • Tools for rural foresight: signal-tracking, scenario planning, youth councils, community visioning

  • The role of courage as capital in forgotten places

  • Turning hindsight into foresight: scars as an advantage

  • From extraction to empowerment: foresight as the bridge

🏷️ Hashtags (cross-platform)

#FoothillsCorridor #ForgottenPlaces #RegionalForesight #EconomicResilience #CivicPlanning #CommunityFutures #SignalTracking #ScenarioPlanning #TheHoundsSignal #HickoryNC



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