{"product_id":"9781927063248","title":"Herbert Has Lots For a Buck: How 12 Small Prairie Towns Reinvented Themselves for the 21st Century","description":"\"\u003cp\u003eCanada in the twenty-first century is a place of growth and expansion. Cities like Vancouver and Toronto have become word class destinations for business and tourism. Meanwhile, smaller, less prominent communities face changes of different sorts, as residents depart for the opportunities present in our country’s largest cities. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Canada’s prairie provinces.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eDespite changes in population and the loss of such essential services as schools, post offices, and grain elevators, many of Canada’s oldest prairie communities—communities like Craik and Meacham in Saskatchewan, and Vulcan in Alberta—have defied the odds, facing death only to rise again.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHerbert Has Lots for a Buck\u003c\/i\u003e, Elizabeth McLachlan investigates how these communities have capitalized on green initiatives, the growing influence of local artists, and even an uncanny connection to one of \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e’s most famous icons to not only survive beyond expectations, but thrive.\u003c\/p\u003e\"","brand":"NeWest Publishers, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47151464939760,"sku":"9781927063248","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781927063248_p0.jpg?v=1763636317","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781927063248","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}