Ray Ryan examines the long-term impact of the COVID-19 crisis. Similar to other crises, COVID-19 has accelerated many other trends that were already in place. The featured article “Lessons: Examining the Long Term Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis” is a follow up to an article titled “Pandemics & Paradigms” which appeared in the 2020 Annual Business Issue of CityScope® magazine. In the article, Ray explores some of the the potential long-term impacts of the COVID-19 Crisis.