Rob Vander Giessen-Reitsma lives and works in Three Rivers, Michigan, where he is the Executive Director of *culture is not optional. He tries to contribute to the flourishing of his city through community development work of various kinds: Michigan Main Street; World Fare, a fair trade store in downtown Three Rivers; and the Huss Project, which seeks to build imaginative capacity in our city.
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay from 2011, Sophie Blanc talks about a…