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Investing in comeback cities: While the San Franciscos, Austins and Iowa City’s continue to prosper on
Best Performing Small Cities: Where America’s Jobs Are Created: Iowa City #1: Iowa City?! Ever heard of it? You should. Not only did the
The Creative Index: San Francisco Bay Area #1: First of all, it’s important to realize that creativity produces jobs, attracts
Best Places for Business and Careers: Austin #1: Forbes ranks Austin as the Best Place for Business and Careers in
Jobs follow talent, not vice versa: Look at the image above… to an employer, that’s a potential gold
Investing in a recreation entertainment town: Recreation: “Refreshment of one’s mind or body after work through activity that
Recreation in the city (naturally): Many joggers would love to run through a scene like this every
Investing in the large-scale workplace: While much of the focus in CoolTowns is in providing workplaces for
10,000 happier employees: BellSouth, one of Atlanta’s largest employers, is building three workplaces for 10,000
The distributed, decentralized workplace: How’s this sound if you have a current 9-5 job: Monday: –
The future workplace: A national workforce survey this month reveals a desire for the evolution
Designing the Gen X urban village: Affordability: Design smaller-sized 4-6 story unfinished loft-style units (like these here by
What is Gen X looking for in a home?: Something less than $150,000 in the inner city or near an outer
What is Gen X looking for in a town?: It should be clear from yesterday’s blog: Jobs, affordability, entertainment. Jobs, affordability,
Where is Gen X moving to?: Well, since most Gen Xers are single/divorced (over 70%), they sure aren’t
Investing in a town with invisible technology: Fiber optics: There are currently about a hundred communities (older listing) that
Free wireless internet for all – on Newbury Street: There’s already a well-established market for going wireless (making technology invisible) at
CoolTowns start with fiber optics, not freeways: In the industrial age, the basic infrastructure is a road network with
Broadband = quality of life, jobs: Understanding that people will be more apt to use technology they don’t
CoolTown’s invisible technology: CoolTowns are most definitely state of the art, and that means incorporating
Investing in Experience Towns: Using the Experience Town steps, here’s how an investment group looks to
Steps to an Experience Town and beyond: The economic steps to achieving an Experience Town can be compared with
The Experience Economy: We’ve gone from an agricultural economy, to manufactured goods, to services. What’s
Even better than a main street: There’s no question the entrepreneurial creatives won’t frequent shopping malls and strip
Vision of the next generation university town: Today’s popular university trends described in yesterday’s blog hint at the future