Monthly Archive:: September 2003
“Secede from Starbucks Nation”: Would you believe that’s a city campaign slogan? Excelsior, Minnesota. “We’re just
Buying in your local community: If you believe that what goes around comes around, you may think
Phase II: Building the Physical Community: Continuing this week’s focus on the CoolTown Program… Phase II: Building the
Phase I: Building the Human Community: Continuing this week’s focus on the CoolTown Program… OK, we’re committed to
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Do businesses believe in CoolTowns?: Continuing this week’s focus on the CoolTown Program… Do businesses believe in
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The CoolTown Program: A great vision doesn’t really matter if it can’t be implemented. Implementation
Investing in ‘people places’ over parking: So what does it take to build a place where people quickly
A people village in San Diego: Yesterday’s blog diagrammed the concept of hiding cars on a neighborhood scale.
Hiding a lot more than 17 cars: Yesterday’s blog demonstrated how to hide 17 cars. But what about 500
Making cars disappear: In business terms, cars are a pure expense. They’re also expensive for
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
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The Creative Index: San Francisco Bay Area #1: First of all, it’s important to realize that creativity produces jobs, attracts
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Best Places for Business and Careers: Austin #1: Forbes ranks Austin as the Best Place for Business and Careers in
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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
