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b'There is always a moment standing off stage, before the lights come up and the show begins, when the calmness of anticipation sets in. All the work to prepare has been done\\u2014the stage is set, the lines are rehearsed, the props in place\\u2014and now it\\u2019s time.\\nThere\\u2019s stillness in that moment, but it\\u2019s not the kind that you\\u2019d associate with peacefulness. It\\u2019s more the calm before the storm. The acceptance that, ready or not, things are about to get real.\\nI\\u2019ve been in that place hundreds of times and I must admit to you all: I love that moment. It\\u2019s hard to describe, but it\\u2019s a sense that, whatever the people in the audience out there think they are about to experience, what\\u2019s coming is orders of magnitude beyond. Minds are about to be blown. A whole lot of people are going to be walking out of there different than they walked in.\\nWe\\u2019ve been living in that calm moment here at Strong Towns for a few weeks, and I\\u2019ve been loving it. The decade-plus that we\\u2019ve been at this project has been building towards an unveiling of our ideas on a big stage. We\\u2019ve done the work, put in the time, subjected ourselves to the harsh introspection. There is a hush of anticipation around us. I can feel it. Things are about to get real.\\nThis week is our Spring Member Drive, the last one we will do before the October 1 release of Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity (more on that below). It\\u2019s the last one before we launch the Strong America Tour. The last one before we kick off a major media campaign that we\\u2019ve been putting together for months.\\nIn other words, it\\u2019s your last chance to be one of the early supporters of the Strong Towns movement. And we could really use your support.'