Monthly Archive:: February 2004

The Next Small Town Boom Towns: The other side to The Next Boom Towns? story is the focus
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The Next Boom Towns?: Coincidentally enough, the magazine closest in content to Fast Company is Business
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CoolTown Resource: Fast Company magazine: If you want to understand the CoolTown market from a jobs point
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What is New Urbanism?: Building a great community is much, much more than just the buildings,
Smart City Radio – Weekly urban insights: If you’ve got one hour a week to listen to other people
CoolTowns in Utah?: Many people believe Utah may be the most entrepreneurial state in the
Student vision for a CoolTown: Since we define cool by what the future resident/tenant thinks, we* met
Q&A: Which comes first? A city-wide master plan or a built project?: This was asked by a city manager when discussing where to focus
Q&A: How do you build for younger audiences when the boomers are in charge?: I’m in Utah this week visiting small towns that may by interested
Q&A: How do you build a CoolTown in an area considered rural?: Some people move to specific places because of a job they couldn’t
Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance: Must see TV: PBS broadcast the first of two 2-hour parts of
Q&A: How do you attract the anchor R & D tenants?: This is a more specific question related to job creation, asking how
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Q&A: Shouldn’t people come before buildings?: As a civic/community-building practitioner, I often observe a disconnect in how communities
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Introducing CoolTown Q&A: Here’s a new CoolTown blog feature: As CoolTown Network members were sending
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A welcoming glow: This is one of my favorite images from Siena, Italy. Along the
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Lighting up the night: Other than the exquisite architecture of Siena, Italy, one subconscious reason why
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Yes, those buildings are looking at you: Whether you’re walking through downtown San Francisco, New Orleans, Paris or Rome,
The Spanish Square in Rome: This is one of my favorite third places in Rome, the Piazza
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People-centric centers: That’s what a neighborhood or town center should be – a center