Monthly Archive:: December 2003
Connecting a virtual world to the physical: The benefits of building community virtually (via the internet) are often seriously
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Building community – virtually: There’s an old argument that the internet is isolating people. However, if
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CoolTown piazza 5: Movie theaters: The things a CoolTown piazza can’t be without: Movie theaters – There
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CoolTown piazza 4: The eclectic nightclub: The things a CoolTown piazza can’t be without: The eclectic nightclub –
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CoolTown piazza 3: The pub: Essential #3 – The things a CoolTown piazza can’t be without: The
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CoolTown piazza 2: The cafe: Seinfeld fans can relate to this one… Essential #2 – The things
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CoolTown piazza 1: The coffeehouse: This week I’ll take a look at what the ideal shops, restaurants,
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The Creating Cool conference: Part 2: The most inspiring person at the Creating Cool conference was the lunchtime
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The Creating Cool conference: Part 1: How big a trend is this ‘cool town’ thing? The organizers for
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Pennsylvania – Far from supporting CoolTowns (so far): This new report from the Brookings Institution, Back to Prosperity: A Competitive
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The best college towns: Community profiler ePodunk ranked the top college towns in their College Town
In the news: More economic reason for infill/CoolTowns: The Washington Post: Retailers Embrace the Great Outdoors There’s no better way
What cities can do to help build infill/CoolTowns: To answer the previous entry’s questions: Municipalities (economic development agencies in partnership
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Why it’s easier to build sprawl than urban infill (so far): To answer yesterday’s question: Why is it easier to build greenfields/sprawl? Because
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The infill/greenfield dilemma: Greenfield/sprawl developments are easy for the private sector to do, but not
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