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Can a CoolTown help create jobs?: Yes, yes, yes. To create jobs, CoolTowns focus on the intersection of

When everyone else is on their morning commute…: This week’s blog focuses on jobs and worklife, ending with what our

Sex and the City: It’s not called Sex and the Suburbs for a reason. The popular

Only in New York City: Where else can you have a #1 show about nothing? Where else

The CoolTown movie test: A few days ago I was listening to a traveling sports announcer

Distance learning will help the small to trump the big: Small businesses can’t compete financially with larger corporations, but the can move

Make your own rules: When you have an abundance of local culture, you start breaking mass-traditions

Aloha Tower is Hawaii’s CoolTown spot: I remember visiting Honolulu (a few islands over from Hilo) years ago

A model CoolTown tenant in Hawaii: At a restaurant in Washington DC, an associate from Alabama told me

How to overcome the Walmart dilemma: In the small town of Hilo, Hawaii, the nightly hot spot (by

A 56K modem just doesn’t cut it anymore: While writing this column from my home town in Hilo, Hawaii is

A small town rocks like a CoolTown: Now this is how to rock like the big cities. It doesn’t