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Signs of a shift to a more sustainable creative economy: Who would have thought we’d be seeing ads like these from Fortune
The federal vision for places creatives want?…: President Obama, from the Fort Myers town hall meeting on February 10,
Boston attempts to preserve artist hoods: It’s not easy to resist gentrification, but at least the City of
The CoolTown ‘tag cloud’ goes ‘public: Over 1400 entries later, I thought it’d be interesting to post what
Creatives often prefer ‘projects’ over ‘jobs: Some pretty heady words, I know, but for many creatives, the last
How to’ for university students crowdsourcing creative cities: In the previous entry we looked at the importance and logic of
Crowdsourcing university students for creative cities: Let’s see, at universities and colleges there are thousands of creative, innovative
PPS Top 10 Placemaking Trends: Project for Public Spaces (PPS), the leading resource for public placemaking, revealed
Social business, microfinance + crowdsourcing: Inspired after listening to Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, founder of
Reader Exp: The ‘outdoor cafe canal: My favorite feature: Reader Experiences. Please send yours, whether you live in
How to crowdsource an outdoor cafe district: Let’s get right to it. Pre-Phase. Start with identifying what kind of
The ‘outdoor cafe stage row: Continuing our look at the outdoor cafe scene this week… We’re all
The ‘outdoor cafe walk: For all the creative people, companies and events that a progressive economic
Building a creative economy using the Long Tail: Based on the previous entry of applying the Long Tail to building
New government era, new model for building a creative economy: The new administration promises to bring true meaning to ‘by the people,
The 344 s.f. ‘Domestic Transformer’ apartment: You live in a studio, but you wish you had a dining
Detroit’s downtown bright spot: There may not be a lot going right economically in Detroit, but
Economic development sans government?: Presently, economic development – “efforts that seek to improve the economic well-being
Now that’s a cafe for people watching: Helsinki, Finland’s Esplanade Park is the city’s grand natural stage, a central
Emerging generations going car free In Japan: It’s a 180-degree trend reversal in Japan, where emerging generations no longer
An ideal Creative Products District program?: Louisiana’s Cultural Districts Program has set the bar for government policy innovation
Louisiana’s Cultural Districts Program: Louisiana is one of the few states that has a very clear
The nightclub as the creative economy’s conference room: The previous entry looked at how creative skills + cultural products =
Creative skills + cultural products = creative economy: The creative economy is often ineffectively defined by the creative skills/talent: media,
Green orgs crowdsourcing DC homes: If there’s one thing I’m glad to see, it’s not just nonprofits
Proscriptive code for creatives’ dream town?: We’ve looked at what a proscriptive code is, and examples of proscriptive