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Placemaking primer for crowdsourcing places: If you’re going to crowdsource places for creatives, it’s pretty clear you
Why placemaking isn’t crowdsourced… yet: Why are wildly successful services like Facebook, Google, eBay and Amazon sourced by
Diversity, crowds key to evolving communities: Sure, our instincts tell us diversity and crowds lead to a greater
The economy-building building: The motivating factor behind writing entries for this blog is that I
Retail district types for creatives: Providing retail for the emerging, growing, progressive creatives market doesn’t follow the
What future is in store for your local bookstore?: First of all, most local bookstores simply can’t compete with the likes
Locals have 4x economic impact over nationals: How much of a greater impact do local retailers have on nationals?
Reader: ‘How to crowdsource a creative cultural district?: Posted publicly on Facebook here, Keith Ammann’s question on how to go
Living above the big box: Sometimes a giant supermarket or big box store like Home Depot coming
19 urban development types for creatives: Thanks to Chris Leinberger, author of the The Option of Urbanism: Investing
Redefining what a creative building is: Would you live, work or play here? For many creatives, the answer
For many, a car-free lifestyle begins now: While trends indicate that emerging generations preferring a world beyond cars will
Mini-condos on the rise in walkable urban areas: For emerging generations, ‘quality of life’ does not mean quantity of life,
Shanghai’s eclectic new ped-only urban village: As is often the case, the historic 1900s neighborhood of Shikumen in
You are the future of city building: If you’re selected to speak at TED, it’s because you’re changing the
Emerging gens prefer world beyond cars: J.D. Power and Associates released a new Gen Y study analyzing discussions
Collaborative crowdsourcing: Because crowdsourcing is defined as outsourcing a task to a community using
Top city lists for creatives – fall 2009: There’s really no way to provide a top ten list of cities
Pedestrian movement accelerates in ’09: The attitude among creatives is increasingly becoming aligned with the notion that
The local indie retailers’ ‘unchain: It’s well known that local retail far outweighs the national chains in
Starbucks goes local, sort of: I never thought I’d have an entry with Starbucks in the title,
Coolest college towns’ and their ‘killer apps: While Travel + Leisure busts out their America’s Coolest College Towns list,
New old canal loft district for creative economy: The City of Lowell, Massachusetts is committed to growing its creative economy.
Healthy zoning’ as important as exercise?: In fact, according to a study covered in Time’s Why Exercise Won’t
Humanistic contemporary architecture: While this debate can extend endlessly, and this entry is surely to
CoolTown trends – early fall 2009: Here’s a wrap-up of the latest news and trends that are signaling
University towns fare well in recessions: How can your city best weather an economic downturn? Based on research,
World’s greenest building?: Unlike many so-called ‘green’ buildings built in greenfields that require driving to
Walkable homes get $4000-$34,000 premium: Who says it doesn’t pay to walk? A new CEOs for Cities
Public, private sectors investing in driving less: It’s not just a grassroots effort anymore. Fast Company Magazine’s September 2009