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Richard Florida’s new book, Who’s Your City?: First there was the best-selling Rise of the Creative Class that introduced
The CoolTown visual guide to crowdsourced placemaking: What is crowdsourced placemaking? A beta community? Creatives, VIBEs, third places, scenes,
Austin music event brings in $95 million: We all know how important music and events are to local culture,
Profile of a future VIBE: To refresh your memory, a VIBE is a variegated independent business entrepreneur,
Small town absorbing growth in the center: What happens when your population doubles from 10,000 in 2000 to 20,000
Finally, a one-stop-shop for green building materials: If you wanted a resource for green building materials you had more
Microhousing affordable to buyers, profitable to developers: There is not a desirable city that exists that doesn’t have a
A ‘Google Maps for pedestrians: Say you live in a walkable city and want walking directions as
CNU’s placemaking 2008 ‘Charter Awards’ announced: If you want to know which New Urbanism projects New Urbanism architects
What do clocks and clouds have to do with enlivening cities?: Continuing our look at the contemporary Remixing Cities: Strategy 2.0 paper profiled
Remixing Cities – a must read: If there’s one research document to read to better understand how crowdsourcing
Gen Xers get credit for rise of walkable urbanism: Who is sourcing the growing popularity in walkable urban areas and city