Don Borut was wowed by downtown Abilene during a Thursday stopover. No news in that.
Many visitors are.
Except that as executive director of the National League of Cities, Borut visits lots of towns. There are opportunities, and somehow in some communities folks take advantage of those and turn them into assets. There's something happening here. Borut, who works in Washington, D.C., spent the weekend in Dallas at a league planning session. Because he arrived in the Metroplex a day early, McCaleb, who is active in NLC leadership, convinced him to fly on to Abilene for a visit.