Clarksville Living Magazine — September 2022
The September 2022 issue of Clarksville Living Magazine asks who is responsible for the walk to school, reckons with school safety, and opens the doors of a pop-culture toy store.
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“Parent Responsibility Zone” opens on a striking statistic: in 1969, an estimated 42% of U.S. public-school students walked or biked to school — a figure The Urbanist calls an underestimate — against a fraction of that today. The feature uses the collapse of the walk-to-school era to examine how much of childhood mobility and independence has shifted onto parents.
“The New Math” is more personal and more urgent. Written in the wake of another horrific school shooting over the summer, by a mother of a recent high-school graduate, it gives honest voice to a parent's concern about safety in a way that resists easy answers — a piece that meets a national anxiety at the local, family level, and refuses the comfort of easy conclusions.
For lighter relief, Replay Toys answers a fun question: where in Clarksville can you find toys and collectibles from your favorite pop-culture movies, games, books, comics and shows? The feature celebrates the shop's recent move to a new location and the nostalgia-driven community of collectors, families and fans it serves — a place where a childhood favorite is always one shelf away.
“Lovin Spoonfuls” adds to the issue's food coverage, rounding out a number that ranges from weighty questions about childhood and safety to the simple joy of a wall of collectibles.
Artville Fest 2022 and the BWC Toy-Run round out the issue — a downtown celebration of the arts drawing makers and performers together, and a motorcycle charity ride collecting toys for children in need as the holidays approach — holding serious reflection and everyday delight side by side across one full early-autumn number that captures the width of a Clarksville September.
Table of Contents
- Parent Responsibility Zone (p. 6)
- The New Math (p. 8)
- Replay Toy S (p. 10)
- Lovin Spoonfuls (p. 11)
- Artville Fest 2022 (p. 14)
- Bwc Toy-Run 2022 (p. 18)
Regular departments
- Calendar Of Events (p. 22)