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Best College Towns: Chapel Hill NC: What makes Chapel Hill one of the most desired college towns for
Best College Towns: Ann Arbor MI: Keys to Ann Arbor’s popularity with the University of Michigan’s 41K students:
Best College Towns: Athens GA: What makes Athens (University of Georgia – UGA) such a great college
Wayne State University announces CoolTown plans: Wayne State University announces CoolTown plans Wayne State University press release: Wayne
Evidence piling up for health and CoolTowns: If anecdotal evidence isn’t enough for you (ever notice the weight difference
“Pistons a model worth duplicating”: Houston Chronicle: Pistons a model worth duplicating Click here to learn what
WSJ: Cities Launch Programs To Lure College Graduates: The Wall Street Journal today featured the article Cities Launch Programs To
CoolTowns get green light in Georgia and Detroit!: It’s slowly starting to happen – people are gradually getting the opportunity
CoolTown on the radio: Here’s a radio short with CoolTown Studios represented for a few seconds
How popular is dining out?: Quite a bit according to our CoolTown poll. The statistics seem to
CoolTowns good for marriages?: 50% of marriages end in divorce. Why so high? Well, first of
Why do CoolTowns have so many good-looking people?: Because they’re fit! CoolTowns are designed for walking. A new study says
Fast food = McMansions: McMansions refer to those cookie cutter neighborhoods of big homes that look
Merging the “EDS” with a CoolTown: So what happens when the entrepreneurial development system (EDS) is integrated into
An “EDS” entrepreneurial community in action: There’s no better way to understand a concept than to see it
The Entrepreneurial League System: It’s all about building relationships. Building a place for creative entrepreneurial people
Entrepreneurs can learn a lot from minor league baseball: Cool towns focus on job growth through home-grown companies. Thankfully, that’s become
Upper Rock District Plan #2: Here’s the other master plan proposal for the Upper Rock District. While
Upper Rock District Plan #1: The newly planned Upper Rock District, covered in the blog this week,
Charrette result: Upper Rock District: Here’s the result of the ‘entrepreneurial village’ charrette being covered since the
Charrette results from tonight to be posted. This week’s poll up!: Stay tuned to see the results of the week-long charrette to design
Designing an entrepreneurial village in a week: Welcome to the cool way to plan a town – the charrette
“I’ll have one of those”: This is a common response by real estate developers today who see
Do women support CoolTowns?: Yes, as this blog has aluded to here and here, referring to
Poll: Which food venue is missing in your neighborhood?: We all have our favorite eating establishment, the place where we depend
Slow Food Nation: If suburbia and sprawl are about fast food, then what are cool
Every town needs a Jane Jacobs: People who know Jane Jacobs view her as a hero. People who
Up-ending the real estate industry – really!: The reason why over 90% of new homes are built as sprawl
Speaking of surveys…: 75% of home buyers want the option of walking or biking to
More third places – coffee shops: Third places are easy to remember and return to, but very difficult