tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35220912011-04-21T23:17:33.289-05:00Smart City Radio ReportA report on ideas for smart cities.Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comBlogger1001100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1112671668200296332005-04-04T21:52:00.000-05:002005-04-04T22:27:48.203-05:00The World Is FlatYou can always count on Thomas Friedman to offer important new insight into how the world works now. In his latest book, "The World Is Flat" out this week from Farrar, Straus & Giroux, he makes a compelling case that globalization has collapsed time and distance and raised the notion that someone anywhere on earth can do your job more cheaply. Can Americans rise to the Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1112668338068765522005-04-04T21:28:00.000-05:002005-04-04T21:32:18.070-05:00Smart City WisdomAuthor Dan Pink says we need "A Whole New Mind" and Andres Duany asks designers to "consider the trade"A Whole New Mind author Dan Pink explained the challenges facing cities today:“There are three very important forces – giant forces – that are sweeping through the economy that are tilting the scales in favor of ‘right brain abilities.’ Those three forces are Abundance, Asia Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1111857921285416882005-03-26T10:40:00.000-06:002005-03-27T12:25:45.510-06:00Children and the CityAs someone who raised a daughter in downtown Memphis, two articles caught my attention this week.The first was a "My Turn" Newsweek column by Sally Marshall headlined "A Childhood Without Crickets Isn't So Bad." Ms. Marshall is raising her daughter Coco in Manhattan. "I feel slightly ambivalent about raising our daughter, Coco, in New York," she wrote. "When I moved here Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1111682339898451972005-03-24T10:38:00.000-06:002005-03-24T10:38:59.900-06:00A Whole New Mind Just finished Dan Pink's new book, "A Whole New Mind." In it, he makes the case that the social and economic trends of Abundance, Asia and Automation will put a new set of skills in to ascendency. These skills -- design, storytelling, meaning, empathy and symphony -- are associated with the "right brain," explaining the title's reference to the "whole" mind. Dan created a buzz Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1110603440813153132005-03-11T22:41:00.000-06:002005-03-11T22:57:20.816-06:00"The computer jobs are gone. So what's next?"That's the question one unemployed Seattle worker is asking as long-term unemployment climbed to record rates.Long-term unemployment, defined as joblessness for six months or more, is at record rates. But as LA Times reporter Nicholas Riccardi found, an unusually large share of those chronically out of work are college graduates.Because industries areCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1110572081290063802005-03-11T14:14:00.000-06:002005-03-11T14:14:41.290-06:00Empire Coffee Company at Main and Madison in downtown Memphis posted this sign six blocks south of the Cannon Center where President Bush appeared this morning to pitch his plan to privatize social security. Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1106437691747865902005-01-22T17:33:00.000-06:002005-01-22T17:48:11.746-06:00America 2011
Run, don't walk, to get your copy of the January/February Atlantic Monthly with Richard Clarke's explosive scenario that projects America into a 2011 future. I finished it Wednesday night then viewed the next day's heavily guarded inauguration ceremonies (to say nothing of reading VP Cheney's warnings on Iran) from a whole new perspective. It is a scary and unpleasant future that Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1105807235671774432005-01-15T10:31:00.000-06:002005-01-15T10:40:35.670-06:00Blogging for Dollars
Writing for Slate, Chris Suellentrop reviews the current controversy around "blogging for dollars," payments made by interested parties to bloggers who pose as disinterested parties. It happened in the Howard Dean campaign, with the campaign providing payola to bloggers at Daily Kos and myDD.com as "consultants" who then wrote favorably about Dean. Suellentrop contends Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1105304272857575902005-01-09T14:50:00.000-06:002005-01-09T14:57:52.856-06:00Urban Journalists of the Year
Otis White, who runs Civic Strategies and produces a fine e-newsletter for urban enthusiasts, has named the best urban reporters of 2004. Topping the list is San Diego Tribune-Union's Philip J. LaVelle. Rounding out the top five were Rachael Gordon of the San Francisco Chronicle, Mike Tobin of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Jessica Garrison at the Los Angeles Times, Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1105203600373391202005-01-08T10:48:00.000-06:002005-01-08T11:00:00.373-06:00Collapse
Read the Salon interview with Jared Diamond on his new book, "Collapse." Then consider the number of miles you drive each week. And when you tell yourself, everyone of those miles is necessary, think about the "rational act" that led to the chopping of the last palm tree on Easter Island.
Read the interview. Then read the book.
Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1105071328397845152005-01-06T21:54:00.000-06:002005-01-06T22:15:28.396-06:00Change the Behavior
This week, I had the opportunity to interview two remarkable men who are radically challenging the ways in which we attempt to shape public behavior.
Dr. Gary Slutkin is founding director of CeaseFire in Chicago. The organization's mission is to stop killings. Instead of dealing the underlying causes, Dr. Slutkin has used his experience as an epidemiologist for the World Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1105069407265578942005-01-06T21:29:00.000-06:002005-01-06T21:43:27.266-06:00How to Start a Conversation
Next time you visit Starbucks, read your coffee cup. You're likely to find something more provocative than where the coffee is grown.
Starbucks will begin printing quotes from various contributors -- actors, economists, philosophers kings -- on all of its coffee cups in North America.
A spokesman for Starbucks told Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporter Kristen Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1103899185322586992004-12-24T08:22:00.000-06:002004-12-24T08:39:45.323-06:00Worldchanging
Worldchanging has won Utne Magazine Independent Press Award for best online cultural coverage.
The interview by Alex Steffen published this week with Prof. Thomas P.M. Barnett, senior strategic researcher at the U.S. Naval War College, is a good example of why the award is so deserved.
Barnett is the author of The Pentagon's New Map: War and Peace in the Twenty-First Century.Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1103352813857343432004-12-18T01:50:00.000-06:002004-12-18T00:53:33.856-06:00Portland's New Pioneers
They're young, creative and seek a quality of life not found elsewhere
-- and the region's economic rebound rests on their tech-savvy shoulders Sunday,
The Portland Oregonian
December 12, 2004 JOSEPH CORTRIGHT
http://www.oregonlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/editorial/1102683944164280.xml?oregonian?edc
Pioneers once trekked 2,000 miles along the Oregon Trail to settleCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1103352594216733842004-12-18T00:49:00.000-06:002004-12-18T00:49:54.216-06:00The Cloud in Millenium Park Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1103352304650409622004-12-18T00:45:00.000-06:002004-12-18T00:45:04.650-06:00A quick trip to Chicago this week gave me a chance to tour the spectacular Millennium Park. It's located on South Michigan Ave., just north of the Art Institute. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley says that with the park, the city finally has its gathering place. Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1102641321944721672004-12-09T19:14:00.000-06:002004-12-09T19:15:21.943-06:00More on Simple City Building from Jaime Lerner
Former Curitiba, Brazil Mayor Jaime Lerner is widely-recognized as having made an extraordinary impact on his city. Now, as president of the International Union of Architects, Lerner is attempting to ignite a “Celebration of Cities,” spreading the gospel of the value of cities and how we can improve them.
Here’s a sampling of his philosophy:
Any Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1102205313380918992004-12-04T17:56:00.000-06:002004-12-04T18:08:33.380-06:00Suits Can Profit from a Spell in the Sandpit
The Australian's Brendan O'Keefe writes that creativity and innovation in business are no longer the sole domain of the pony-tailed staff in the ideas tank.
Corporate executives playing in sandpits, acting in theatre pieces and brainstorming radical ideas are moving in as businesses see the benefits of bending rigid rules to let in inventive thinkingCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1101868508519937102004-11-30T20:35:00.000-06:002004-11-30T20:35:08.520-06:00Here's an urban version of Safeway Supermarket in Portland, Oregon. Above and behind it is housing, and parking joins the two buildings. The photo doesn't show it to its best, but the building makes a great statement at the street level. Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1101868079984169442004-11-30T20:27:00.000-06:002004-11-30T20:27:59.983-06:00Who wouldn't want to while away the night over wine and conversation at this bar in Pienza, Italy? Why don't we see one of these in every U.S. city with a temperate climate? Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1101865728250872922004-11-30T19:16:00.000-06:002004-11-30T19:49:42.080-06:00Keep It Simple. Begin Now. Accept Imperfections.
That's the formula for smart cities from Jaime Lerner, the legendary former mayor of Curitiba, Brazil. Now president of the International Union of Architects, Jaime is trying to start a worldwide "Celebration of Cities." As he says, cities are not even on the world's agenda today. But he intends to change that.
(Of course, cities are definitely Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1101863708626818652004-11-30T18:54:00.000-06:002004-11-30T19:15:08.626-06:00Information Everywhere
As if the current information tsunami were not enough to deal with, Studio Troika has developed a device you can make at home that will project your SMS messages onto public buildings and signs. Wiki for the public realm, but cheaper to remove than graffiti. You can see the device and its projections here. (Look under "Devices." Then find SMS Guerilla Projector.)
Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1101062000240375152004-11-21T13:20:00.000-06:002004-11-28T13:57:22.906-06:00Brand = Reputation
Every place has a "brand" because every place has a reputation. Understanding the reputation of a place and determining why that reputation exists are the first steps to managing a place brand. Then, if the reputation is undeserved, there are two possible reponses. One, you can spend a lot of money on logos and slogans and advertising trying to change people's minds about yourCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1100930409885958482004-11-20T00:00:00.000-06:002004-11-20T00:00:09.886-06:00Smart Cities will unleash a mass culture of curiosity. The Newseum, under contruction on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, is doing its part by posting front pages from newspapers from around the world each day in its construction walkway. Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1100927970114908192004-11-19T23:19:00.000-06:002004-11-19T23:19:30.113-06:00This is the kind of funky, one-off place that makes Portland, Oregon, so appealing. Portland's shops, coffee bars and restaurants are tucked right into neighborhoods. And since most major streets in Portland are still only four lanes, neighborhood-scale commercial right at the sidewalk is encouraged. Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1100927439746191892004-11-19T23:10:00.000-06:002004-11-19T23:10:39.746-06:00Decision makers in Reno, Nevada created a white water rapids course in its downtown. So did the people of Fort Worth, Texas. Reno's course is always active. Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1100927266930967422004-11-19T23:07:00.000-06:002004-11-19T23:07:46.930-06:00Walking is a great way to experience the city -- and a great antidote to fat. Here's a little encouragement found on the riverfront in Providence (site of the wonderful summer celebration, Waterfire). Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1100926982023702332004-11-19T23:03:00.000-06:002004-11-19T23:03:02.023-06:00A drive-in washeteria? Only in Miami. A simple, hospitable place to gather. Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1100926768915222732004-11-19T22:59:00.000-06:002004-11-19T22:59:28.916-06:00What a great home for cars. This one gets my vote for #1 garage. Located on Miami Beach. Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1100804610105607432004-11-18T13:50:00.000-06:002004-11-18T13:03:30.106-06:00Cultural Facilities and Their Spillover Effects
Researchers from Canada's Ryerson University have made a first attempt to produce a detailed look at the spillover effects of cultural facilities on the neighborhoods that surround them. They found that artistic and cultural facilities are strongly associated with growth, development, investment and gentrification. Residents and businesses in theCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1100756612504761542004-11-17T23:38:00.000-06:002004-11-17T23:43:32.506-06:00Soon It Will Be China
New York Times carries a story today on China's expanding presence in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, eclipsing the United States.
There, China is making "a big push to market itself and its language, similar to the way the United States promoted its culture and values during the cold war. It is not a hard sell..."
"Put off from visiting the United States by the Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1100633652553808692004-11-16T13:26:00.000-06:002004-11-16T13:34:12.553-06:00THE URBAN ARCHIPELAGO
The Editors of The Stranger , based in Seattle, have taken a look at national election results and their message to Democrats is simple: It's the cities, stupid.
Here's an excerpt from their analysis...
"Look at our famously blue West Coast. But for the cities--Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego--the West Coast would be a deep, dark red. The Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1100628310166495772004-11-16T13:00:00.000-06:002004-11-16T12:05:10.166-06:00Make it Better
Timberland is a company that is taking what we used to call "strategic community investment" to the next level with its "Make it Better" campaign. But Timberland is investing in more than ads. The company has set up a Make it Better web site.
Here's the intro to the site's home page...
Making a better boot was the practical idea that led to creating Timberland over 30 years Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1098570600102426512004-10-23T17:26:00.000-05:002004-10-23T17:30:00.103-05:00Content Finds New Channels
Reuters reports that XM Satellite Radio will introduce a "wearable" device, similar to a Walkman.
Kit Spring, an analyst with Stifel, Nicolaus told investors that such a device would "also get investors thinking about future combinations of IPOD/TIVO-like satellite radios, which would increase the value of the monthly subscription."
Speculaton is that the device Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1097466145514932552004-10-10T22:36:00.000-05:002004-10-10T22:42:25.516-05:00Things Look Different Here
Joe Cortright, a very smart economist from Portland, Oregon and my colleague on "The Young and the Restless" study, produced an intriguing study looking at how lifestyle differences in his hometown have been used to create economic advantage for the city. We now plan to expand that study into six cities. We call it "Things Look Different Here."
Reading an interview Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1097434454752304962004-10-09T14:47:00.000-05:002004-10-10T13:54:14.753-05:00Walking in Memphis?
On "Smart City" we often touch on the subject of walking -- for personal health and for the health of one's community. It's nice to operate at the human scale walking allows. The walker notices things the driver misses.
Not being a car owner in a sprawling city without adequate transit can be a challenge. Most days, I can borrow a car. But on those days I can't, I ride Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1091844436206027462004-08-06T20:47:00.000-05:002004-08-06T21:07:16.206-05:00Culture Matters
Earlier this year, I completed a project with Portland-based economist Joe Cortright on "The Young and the Restless." We were trying to understand where college-educated 25-34 year-olds were moving in this country and why. Reflecting on what I heard in the more than 25 focus groups I conducted in six cities, I've come to the conclusion that there are five things that really Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1090781792984458782004-07-25T13:50:00.000-05:002004-07-25T13:57:21.773-05:00
You're Sick. We're Quick
MinuteClinics are opening in Target and Cub Foods stores in Minneapolis-St. Paul. The clinics can diagnose and treat a dozen common ailments in about 15 minutes. They also provide vaccinations and offer screenings for cholesterol and blood pressure problems. Similar concepts are operating as "Fast-Care," "Quick Care," and "MEDspot."
It's all about saving time. Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1090781402787621832004-07-25T13:40:00.000-05:002004-08-06T20:47:05.433-05:00Another Assault on Local Jobs?
Last week's New York Times carried an interesting item on Shannon Davis, a Missouri-based McDonald's franchisee. The order takers at four of his McDonald's stores are not in Missouri. They are, instead, 900 miles away at a Colorado call center, owned by yet another McDonald's franchisee. Why? Lower costs, greater speed, fewer mistakes. If orders can be taken Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1090725165212387702004-07-24T22:08:00.000-05:002004-07-25T13:58:27.183-05:00
Boomerang Towns
Boomerang Towns is the name being given to college towns appealing enough to lure their graduates back home as they mature. Think Oxford, Mississippi or Charlottesville, Virginia. It's no wonder they're popular. They provide their citizens an intellectual life and creative options that can only be matched by much larger cities. As Baby Boomers retire, look for great Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1090420264914623142004-07-21T09:04:00.000-05:002004-07-25T13:58:44.510-05:00
Health Care - Can It Be Fixed?
Nothing is more fundamental to cities and their citizens than health care. Much of the public debate is focused on its costs. But three recent experiences convince me that the customer service associated with health care is abysmal.
Last night I went looking for a health care provider that could give a tetnus shot and antibiotics. The Minor Medical Clinics,Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1090333176986044282004-07-20T09:17:00.000-05:002004-07-25T13:59:42.313-05:00
This is the Fight of Our Lives
"This is the fight of our lives" is the title of Bill Moyers' keynote address in June to the Inequality Matters Forum at New York University. It is must-reading for all Americans. Find it here.
Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1087055334713203202004-06-12T10:37:00.000-05:002004-06-12T10:48:54.713-05:00Smart Advice from "Smart City" Guests
Demographer William Frey and real estate consultant Leanne Lachman echoed advice to cities we've heard before but is worth repeating.
When Bill Frey was asked which indicator he would track if he were mayor to know how his city was faring, he didn't hestitate. "Track the number of educated young people in your community," he urged. "Are they increasing orCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1086569081983375832004-06-06T19:27:00.000-05:002004-06-06T19:44:41.983-05:00More Evidence on Two Americas
Austin American-Statesman special projects writer Bill Bishop has produced another great series, this time on Red and Blue America. Find the series here. Bill makes the point that we are increasingly set in our political positions and those positions are reinforced by the fact that we increasingly associate with those who share our opinions.
There's an interestingCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1085752071161522552004-05-28T08:37:00.000-05:002004-05-28T08:47:51.173-05:00Equal Parts Good Science and Good Jazz
Cities thrive on scientific discovery, and creative people head for culturally vibrant places. That’s why good science and a good jazz scene often go together. Any city doing world class science – such as Dundee, Scotland's biotech industry – has to aspire to be somewhere world class scientists want to live. A year-long Demos project called Scotland 2020 Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1085524991027157592004-05-25T17:38:00.000-05:002004-05-25T17:43:11.026-05:00Smoke-free Beach
The Economist reports that one of Sydney, Australia's most popular hotspots, Manly Beach, is about to become the city's first smoke-free beach. "The move appears to be the first domino tipped," according to The Economist. "Peter Moscatt, mayor of Waverley Council, which encompasses the famous Bondi, Bronte and Tamarama Beaches, reportedly asked councillors there to follow Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1085333660395108252004-05-23T12:33:00.000-05:002004-05-23T12:34:20.396-05:00Great Photos from Urban Space in the UK
Find them here.Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1085333576538963232004-05-23T12:32:00.000-05:002004-05-23T12:32:56.536-05:00Urban Trees
Find great photos here of urban trees and public art.Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1085197417174397702004-05-21T22:42:00.000-05:002004-05-21T22:43:37.173-05:00Vote For A Man, Not A Puppet
Charley Reese, a Bush supporter in 2000, made these observations about the November election...
Americans should realize that if they vote for President Bush's re-election, they are really voting for the architects of war — Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz and the rest of that cabal of neoconservative ideologues and their corporate backers.
I have sadlyCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1085197277239140272004-05-21T22:35:00.000-05:002004-05-21T22:41:17.240-05:00Is Achievement a State of Mind?
Reported by The Wall Street Journal, May 17, 2004
Researchers in Italy report that the placebo effect not only can relieve the rigidity of Parkinson's disease, but that it does so by altering the firing patters of neurons in a part of the brain implicated in Parkinson's.
The study helps scientists understand how something as "insubstantial" as a belief or Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1083972038207451372004-05-07T18:20:00.000-05:002004-05-07T18:26:52.076-05:00The Changing Dynamics of Urban America
Another good report to help you understand what's happening with urban economies in America is "The Changing Dynamics of Urban America" by Robert Weissbourd and Christopher Berry for CEOs for Cities and Brookings.
The authors find that of the key drivers of urban economic growth, higher education has the greatest positive impact. "Business Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1083971587704283362004-05-07T18:13:00.000-05:002004-05-07T18:17:29.090-05:00What Will We Do with All That Vacant Office Space?
Will office jobs be the next candidates for offshoring? That's Leanne Lachman's contention in a paper for Urban Land Institute titled "The New Exports: Office Jobs." While only 100,000 office jobs were moved offshore in 2000, that number is projected to grow to 3.3 million by 2015. If that's true, it is bad news for the owners of office Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1083551588115684062004-05-02T21:33:00.000-05:002004-05-02T21:37:22.826-05:00The Great Divide
Bill Bishop has written an important, provocative series on the growing political divide among Americans.
Definitely recommended reading at http://www.statesman.com/metrostate/content/specialreports/greatdivide/index.html
Bill was recently interviewed on "Smart City." You can hear it at http://www.smartcityradio.com/smartcityradio/past_shows.cfm?showsmartcityID=169&Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-108355122211903582004-05-02T21:27:00.000-05:002004-05-02T21:31:16.903-05:00Dark Age Ahead
Think about this from Jane Jacobs' new book "Dark Age Ahead"...
"The reconstruction of a culture is not the same as restoration. In the 15th century, scholars and antiquarians set about reconstructing the lost classical culture of Greece and Rome from that culture's writing and artifacts. Their work was useful and remains so to this day; Western Europeans relearned their Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1083534583264081992004-05-02T16:49:00.000-05:002004-05-02T16:53:57.483-05:00Debt, spin, and intrigue in Milwaukee
From the excellent and always thoughtful arts blog of Andrew Taylor, "The Artful Manager"...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinal featured a few articles on the Milwaukee Art Museum (one on the finances, one on new director David Gordon). Both articles addressed the museum's challenging combination of an over-budget signature building and the 'perfect storm' ofCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1083334697945129932004-04-30T09:18:00.000-05:002004-04-30T09:22:50.780-05:00False Convenience?
It's a false convenience when a man sits down in a chair, and finds himself more comfortable than usual; --until he finds he is more comfortable because he has lost his wallet.
It's a false convenience to be able to drive to your retail destination's front door; --you have to make a separate driving trip to each of your destinations.
It's a false convenience to favor Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1082238117714359242004-04-17T16:41:00.000-05:002004-04-17T16:45:52.356-05:00Want to Make an Airport Look Dated Quickly?
Choose bad carpet. I am moving through airports weekly, and one big difference in whether an airport looks up to date is the choice of carpet. The more ornate the carpet pattern, the more dated it looks.
Who's making these decisions? Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1081718296250954222004-04-11T16:18:00.000-05:002004-04-11T16:22:03.076-05:00Assessing Blame
As the city grapples with a crushing budget deficit, big downtown businesses are pushing for huge property tax cuts.
By Steven T. Jones
THE SAN FRANCISCO Chamber of Commerce, the Committee on Jobs, and the other representatives of big business love to point fingers when they talk about the city's budget problems. Bloated government payrolls and "antibusiness" policies are Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1081342222170277622004-04-07T07:50:00.000-05:002004-04-07T07:56:06.106-05:00LA Times: Voters in Inglewood Reject Wal-Mart
Bid by the retailer to bypass environmental review and public hearings and open a Supercenter in the city is soundly rejected.
By Sara Lin and Monte Morin, Times Staff Writers
A bid by the world's largest corporation to bypass uncooperative elected officials and take its aggressive expansion plans to voters failed Tuesday, as Inglewood residents Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1081219529359806092004-04-05T21:45:00.000-05:002004-04-05T21:49:08.170-05:00Life's Tensions
Andres Duany submitted this to the Pro-Urb ListServ today:
"Life is the tension betwen the ideal and the real. Of course if you have no ideal, you will have no tension." -- Anonymous
Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1081217429530974052004-04-05T21:10:00.000-05:002004-04-05T21:15:38.903-05:00Yankelovich Reports More Consumers Want to Be Involved in Community
An increasing number of consumers say that they need to become more involved in the life of their community – from 53% of consumers in 1999 to 59% today, according to Yankelovich Monitor. Consumer shopping habits also reflect a desire to get more involved on a local level in that almost a third (29%) of consumers say that they Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1080274521046501282004-03-25T22:15:00.000-06:002004-03-25T22:18:45.873-06:00Arts of Citizenship
Here's an idea that all campuses should adopt.
Arts of Citizenship is a program at the University of Michigan directed by David Scobey. Here's the way David describes the program: "...an omnibus, interdisciplinary project that uses the study and reshaping of local place to build bridges among teaching, research, culture-building, and neighborhood design; among history, Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-108027321871807862004-03-25T21:53:00.000-06:002004-03-25T21:57:03.716-06:00Downtown for Democracy
Thanks to Salon for alerting me to this exciting new development. I especially love this description of downtown. It's a feeling I've had since I was 11 or 12. Learn more at Downtown for Democracy.
DOWNTOWN FOR DEMOCRACY is a political action committee mobilizing the creative community and transforming its cultural influence into political power: money, visibility, Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-107970593681208742004-03-19T08:18:00.000-06:002004-03-19T08:22:12.856-06:00How to Turn a Place Around
This workshop from Project for Public Spaces sounds like fun:
This workshop is designed for professionals and non-professionals alike who help plan towns and cities -- from highway engineers and real estate developers to community garden advocates and housing specialists. Based on PPS's 29 years of experience in placemaking, and inspired by our popular book, How to Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1079705732902537912004-03-19T08:15:00.000-06:002004-03-19T08:19:05.403-06:00Creative Clusters Conference Scheduled April 28-May 1 in Brighton
How is New Zealand using 'Lord of the Rings' to transform its economy? How are Serbia, London, Liverpool and Hong Kong using creative industries to transform theirs?
To address these questions, creative industries policy-makers from around the world will gather in Brighton from 28th April to 1st May for the 2004 Creative ClustersCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1078696820092847702004-03-07T16:00:00.000-06:002004-03-08T11:45:47.793-06:00And More Travel Complaints
Why can't hotels get it right?
Here are my chief complaints:
Hotels with bathtubs with no stoppers or stoppers that don't function.
Hotels with bathtubs with controls placed so high that bathers must stand up to control them.
Hotels with bathtubs with inadequate light near the bathtub.
Hotels with bedside light that does not provide direct light for reading.
Hotels Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1078696143958875442004-03-07T15:49:00.000-06:002004-03-08T11:45:39.716-06:00More City Surprises
My travels continue. In the past few weeks, I've been to Philadelphia, Providence, Orlando, Pittsburgh, Charlotte, Miami, Richmond, Portland (OR), Huntsville, Pensacola, Tampa, St. Petersburg, Sarasota and Lakeland, Florida.
In some cities, I have been conducting focus groups for a six-city project conducted with economist Joe Cortright we call "The Young and the RestlessCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1077218735474685752004-02-19T13:25:00.000-06:002004-02-19T13:28:13.500-06:00Providence, Rhode Island: A Magical City
Is there a prettier city than Providence? If so, I have yet to see it. I'm here conducting focus groups for our six-city project led by Joe Cortright titled, "The Young and the Restless." Last night, I checked into the Biltmore, settled in, then opened my drapes only to find myself looking out onto a lovely urban ice rink filled with skaters on a veryCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1077218472342172802004-02-19T13:21:00.000-06:002004-02-19T13:23:50.403-06:00Andrew Sullivan? Not Any More
Forget the previous post on Andrew Sullivan. I am no longer impressed. Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1076800746253324512004-02-14T17:19:00.000-06:002004-02-14T17:21:37.873-06:00Pity the Six Million Bush Supporters Who Got the Attack Video on John Kerry
It wasn't true. Here's how FactCheck characterizes the video:
"Internet attack ad says Kerry got most 'special interest money' of any senator. He didn't. And Bush got lots more.
Summary
The Bush campaign sent an e-mail Feb. 12 to six million supporters with a link to an Internet video attacking Kerry for being "Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1076794000060610502004-02-14T15:26:00.000-06:002004-02-14T15:29:11.466-06:00A Political Blog Worth Reading
Andrew Sullivan is fast becoming my favorite blogger during this political season. You can find his blog here.
Other political sites worth bookmarking:
ABCNews The Note
CJR Campaign Desk
FactCheck.org
Spinsanity
Talking Points MemoCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1076045676019379122004-02-05T23:34:00.000-06:002004-02-05T23:36:55.793-06:00Shrinking City Syndrome
An excellent story from Kate Stohr of The New York Times
February 5, 2004
By KATE STOHR
A DECADE ago, the prevailing wisdom was that cities grow, sprawling ever wider. As the world population hit six billion, experts warned of explosive overcrowding in the megacities of the developing world. Shrinking cities were considered an anomaly, the result of isolated economic Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1075693058116376052004-02-01T21:37:00.000-06:002004-02-01T21:39:52.590-06:00TrendWatching Says Here Comes Generation C
Read about it here:
Trendwatching says, "No, this is not about a new niche generation of youngsters born between March 12, 1988 and April 24, 1993; the C stands for CONTENT, and anyone with even a tiny amount of creative talent can (and probably will) be part of this not-so-exclusive trend.
"So what is it all about? The GENERATION C phenomenon Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1075692650017651292004-02-01T21:30:00.000-06:002004-02-01T21:33:04.560-06:00Warnings from the International Economic Development Summit
"We used to be asked by corporate clients, 'If I stay in the U.S., which states should I consider?' Today they ask, 'Should we move offshore?' The threat of losing jobs to workers overseas is now greater than losing jobs to another state."
That's the word from Ron Pollina, a real estate economist and corporate site selection Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1072497816866350982003-12-26T22:03:00.000-06:002003-12-26T22:05:02.873-06:00How New Zealand Created World Class Performance
Loved this speech by Dr Ruth Harley, CEO, New Zealand Film Commission given at Innovate, a New Zealand initiative to encourage entrepreneurship in all fields. Here she talks about Peter Jackson's success with his Lord of the Rings Trilogy:
The thirteen Academy Award nominations and four BAFTA awards including best film and best director for Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1072485703231922662003-12-26T18:41:00.000-06:002003-12-26T18:43:08.530-06:00Off-Shoring and Out-Sourcing
Pick up Fortune, Business Week or The NY Times, and chances are you will find at least one article on the move of American jobs offshore. The same phenomenon that hit factory jobs a decade ago is now affecting white collar jobs. And it's not just call centers at risk. GE has a major R&D center in Bangalore and professional jobs are disappearing to India. IBM's Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1072484609757634982003-12-26T18:23:00.000-06:002003-12-26T18:24:55.296-06:00Joel Kotkin: The Contrarian on the Creative Class
It's always fun to see Joel Kotkin take the anti-Richard Florida position. In the January issue of Metropolis (terrific issue, btw), he challenges Richard's ttheories and his rock star status.
Below are some excerpts from the interview. But don't settle for the short version. Go to the source for the whole thing.
Speaking of boutique citiesCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1071156990569589492003-12-11T09:36:00.000-06:002003-12-11T09:37:35.700-06:00Sex in This City
Here's The New York Times report on Memphis in the aftermath of the project Coletta & Company conceived and led, the Memphis Talent Magnet. The project involved nine months of work by Memphians from many fields: arts, business, technology, digital media, professions, education and nonprofit.
Christian Patterson's quote is my favorite: "There's a certain greater potential forCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1069984556584145622003-11-27T19:55:00.000-06:002003-11-27T19:56:43.623-06:00TBA Festival Fails to Meet Financial Projections
As wonderful as PICA's TBA Festival in September was, it failed to meet financial projections, and Kristy Edmunds is now being forced to eliminate $75,000 from her budget between now and the end of May. Kristy is suspending all visual art exhibitions and closing PICA's gallery space, at least for now.
It is a tragedy that the TBA Festival didn'tCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1069426572206848972003-11-21T08:56:00.000-06:002003-11-21T08:56:50.483-06:00How Do You Get People Out of the House and into the Audience?
If you're Kristy Edmunds, founder and artistic director of Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, you throw a festival.
Kristy and PICA staged the Time-Based Art Festival -- or TBA -- in September, bringing together contemporary artists from many fields to use surprising new venues to stage their work. Downtown Portland was alive Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1068854965231791662003-11-14T18:09:00.000-06:002003-11-14T18:09:54.733-06:00And Here's the Link to Jungle...
Jungle magazine
Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1068854790523890082003-11-14T18:06:00.000-06:002003-11-14T18:07:00.043-06:00How to Brand Your City
Two branding experts were my guests today on "Smart City." Bruce Turkel is CEO and creative director of Turkel in Miami, and Mike Lescarbeau is creative director of One and All in Minneapolis. Both firms participated in Jungle magazine's challenge to "convince angry Arabs and exasperated Europeans that America is still a force for good." Both men talked about the Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1068431021758501962003-11-09T20:23:00.000-06:002003-11-09T20:24:04.733-06:00From today's Washington Post...
Brain-Gain Cities Attract Educated Young
By Blaine Harden
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, November 9, 2003; Page A01
First of two articles
SEATTLE
In a Darwinian fight for survival, American cities are scheming to steal each other's young. They want ambitious young people with graduate degrees in such fields as genome science, bio-informatics and Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1067829015946167882003-11-02T21:10:00.000-06:002003-11-02T21:10:29.950-06:00A Brilliant Lecture from John Thackara on "The Post-Spectacular City"
In Rajhastan, travelling storytellers go from village to village, unannounced, and simply start a performance when they arrive. Although each story has a familiar plot - the story telling tradition dates back thousands of years - each event is unique. Prompted by the storytellers, who hold up pictorial symbols on sticks, the Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1065374492447753572003-10-05T12:21:00.000-05:002003-10-05T12:21:32.276-05:00Serendipity or Strategy?
There is a worrisome question forming in my head. How much of a city's economic success can be attributed to serendipity or luck? After all, Bill Gates grew up in Seattle. Was Seattle cool before Microsoft exploded? Or did Microsoft's success make Seattle cool? Michael Dell started his company from his dorm room at the University of Texas in Austin in 1984. No one Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1061179218927050702003-08-17T23:00:00.000-05:002003-08-17T23:00:18.773-05:00Experience Architecture
New York-based architect Greg Beck and a group of his friends and colleagues produced a wonderfully provocative seminar last week at the Harvard Graduate School of Design on "Experience Architecture." I was there to participate in the discussion and record bits and pieces of it for an upcoming "Smart City." The combination of Joe Pine (co-author of "The Experience Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1059747280240750872003-08-01T09:14:00.000-05:002003-08-01T09:14:40.213-05:00Authentic Places
Have you noticed how many urban experts are talking about the value of authenticity and authentic places?
It started me thinking, "What makes a place authentic?" So I've asked some of my friends and former "Smart City" guests to answer a couple of questions:
(1) Name five places that you would describe as authentic. (At least three of these should be in your hometown, Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-1059147764023166042003-07-25T10:42:00.000-05:002003-08-01T09:09:54.546-05:00Liverpool - European Capital of Culture
Susan Woodward is the new creative director of Liverpool. She is one of my guests this week on "Smart City."
While Susan is assigned to the city's European Capital of Culture programme for 2008, the city is using the designation to stage events and capital improvements over the next 3 years. I receive an email at least weekly on some new project the Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-948745022003-05-25T18:31:00.000-05:002003-05-25T18:31:13.886-05:00Worthwhile Reading This Week
Being stuck in traffic is no fun. If you are a daily commuter, you may want to check out the "aircar," the personal flying machine. According to MIT's Technology Review, "This vision could be realized sooner than you think. 'The technology of personal VTOL transportation is 'expanding and will soon be exploding,' says Dennis Bushnell, chief scientist at NASA’s Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-809719542002-08-31T18:08:00.000-05:002002-08-31T18:08:20.996-05:00A Speech You Should Read
An upcoming "Smart City" show has sent a number of young artists out into the city to come up with ways to make art more present in Memphis. How can art be taken out of the box -- literally -- and used to stimulate more creativity? They are on assignment now and will report their findings on "Smart City" September 22.
To start your thinking, read this speech by Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-803401382002-08-16T19:31:00.000-05:002002-08-16T19:31:58.000-05:00An Agenda for a Competitive City
This week, I interviewed Mark Muro, senior policy analyst with Brookings' Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy. He collaborated on "Beyond Merger: A Competitive Vision for the Regional City of Louisville," a report prepared by the Center in anticipation of the merger of city and county governments in Louisville.
The reason the people of Louisville and Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-801099532002-08-11T16:23:00.000-05:002002-08-14T08:58:58.000-05:00The Biggest Parade in History?
It was, according to Channel 3 reporter Mike Matthews, "the biggest parade in Memphis history." He was referring, of course, to last night's Elvis parade, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the legendary singer's death. Have we lost our civic memory? Apparently, Matthews and all other local reporters have forgotten what a real parade looks like. Look at Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-796739222002-07-31T23:49:00.000-05:002002-07-31T23:49:11.406-05:00A Mayoral Election
For the past week, I've been standing on street corners waving political signs and working early voting locations in the Shelby County Mayor's race. Tomorrow, Election Day, I'll do it again. There is nothing as exhilarating and as telling as making direct voter contact. You get an undeniable sense of where a campaign is headed.
Watch a good politician. She is always Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-787550882002-07-09T20:21:00.000-05:002002-07-31T23:30:33.000-05:00Shelby Farms
Rarely has an issue been subjected to as much misinformation and obfuscation as the attempt by Mayor Jim Rout and Ron Terry to protect Shelby Farms as a green resource to the community. There were three issues at stake: Protecting the park; Managing the park assets, and Funding its protection. Most of the public discussion centered on the first two issues, while the third one wasCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-781576902002-06-24T20:45:00.000-05:002002-06-24T20:45:03.343-05:00FedEx Technology Institute at the University of Memphis
Three cheers for University of Memphis President Shirley Raines and FedEx CTO Rob Carter for recruiting Jim Phillips to run the FedEx Technology Center. Jim is the best thing that ever happened to the University, and we are exceedingly lucky to get him. Jim's long record of success in the tech world, as founder of SkyTel, senior exec at Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-781574482002-06-24T20:38:00.000-05:002002-06-24T20:38:40.990-05:00Lessons from Festivals
Several things struck me as relevant to Memphis festivals from my conversations with festival organizers on this week's "Smart City."
Listen to Larry Harvey, founder of Burning Man, and he'll tell you about the festival's "gift economy" where nothing is for sale (except coffee and ice) and everything is given as a gift. That includes entry and participation to the Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-772351372002-06-01T20:06:00.000-05:002002-06-01T20:06:47.000-05:00How to Revitalize an Inner City Neighborhood
Coming up on next week's "Smart City" is a roundtable discussion with organizers of the successful turn-around of the Cooper-Young neighborhood in Midtown Memphis. They have an amazing track record of revitalization, and it's mostly the result of sweat equity and volunteer commitment on the part of the neighbors there. Although it's not the officialCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-770089792002-05-26T21:57:00.000-05:002002-05-26T21:57:28.590-05:00CEOs for Cities Publishes Report on the Role of Universities in Cities
Find the new report at CEOs for Cities.
Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-770034792002-05-26T19:00:00.000-05:002002-05-26T19:01:00.000-05:00A Green Vision for U.S. Cities
Today's "Smart City" featured a report on Mayor Richard Daley's Green Vision for Chicago. It encompasses an incredibly broad array of actions from bike paths and a competition for green demonstration homes to a commitment to purchase energy from renewable resources in Illinois and the creation of a Center for Green Technology. Now, Chicago is working with WilliamCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522091.post-770030352002-05-26T18:45:00.000-05:002002-05-26T21:55:13.000-05:00The Biotechnology Industry in U.S. Metropolitan Areas
Watch for a new report on where biotech will flourish in the U.S. to be released by Brookings Institution's Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy June 11. Memphis ranks only as a "median metropolitan area," and researchers question whether any city not already in the top 13 metro areas where biotech research and investment is concentrated Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08176168462291603665noreply@blogger.com