Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend and is prepared for more cold weather.

Here’s some reading material to help get you through the week.

Route Fifty: Rural America is not an economic liability

Brookings: Is zoning a useful tool or a regulatory barrier?

The Hill: ‘Skinny’ defense bill omits key element: military construction

Washington Post: The trouble with chocolate

Fast Company: The first map of America’s food supply chain is mind-boggling

World Economic Forum: How small cities are luring tech jobs away from metropolises 

Wall Street Journal: Rethinking food: 5 podcasts and indie magazines that do it best

CityLab: Want better streets? Just add paint

LA Times: Homeless people could lose the right to sleep on sidewalks if Western cities have their way