When billionaire entrepreneur Marc Lore began talking publicly about his dream of creating an entirely new city from the ground up, many people imagined sunbaked deserts and endless flat land somewhere out West. What surprised urban planners, economists, and rural advocates alike was the emergence of Appalachia as a potential setting for this ambitious experiment. … Continue reading A Billionaire Wants to Reinvent Appalachia with a Utopian City, And the Plan Is Bigger Than Anyone Expected