Monthly Archive:: July 2004
Give me informality or give me death: Nation’s Building News: Vanilla Not a Favorite Flavor of Generation X Home
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“Vanilla Not a Flavor of Gen Xers”: Nation’s Building News: Vanilla Not a Favorite Flavor of Generation X Home
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How many national chains make a successful town center? AFAP: As Few As Possible. The following evidence is from Kennedy Smith, former
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Silicorn Valley – What makes Fairfield, Iowa so cool for entrepreneurs?: They know entrepreneurs. Period. Here’s proof: A true economic gardening environment -
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The top entrepreneurial small city in the U.S. in 2003 is…: Fairfield, Iowa. Fairfield is the 2003 winner of the Grassroots Entrepreneurship Award
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What makes a cool pharmacy?: Yep, cool neon sign, great customer service, familiar faces and local charm.
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Beautiful apartments? Look overseas: This is at least true if you google ‘beautiful apartments’ – four
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Affordable housing – really: First of all, there are people with low incomes, and people with
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Seeding a beta community: Last night at a presentation by renowned town planner Andres Duany for
The beta community: We are evolving into a customer-driven economy, where customers are so well-informed
CNN: Unfashionable cities trying to create cool: CNN: Unfashionable cities trying to create cool CNN July 14, 2004 home
BusinessWeek: The Vanishing Mass Market: BusinessWeek: The Vanishing Mass Market (New poll up!) BusinessWeek: The Vanishing Mass
A cool site for getting to work: A cool site for getting to work A fundamental principle of CoolTowns
Virginia takes lead in car sharing: What would a car sharing program in a CoolTown be like? For
More pedestrians, less cars: More pedestrians, less cars A spontaneous crowd of pedestrians often generates excitement.
“If you live in a city, you don’t need to own a car.”: “If you live in a city, you don’t need to own a
Phase II: Michigan State’s Cool Cities Initiative: June 2, 2004: Governor Jennifer Granholm announces Cool City pilot projects Based
Phase I: Michigan State’s Cool Cities Initiative: September 19, 2003: Governor Jennifer Granholm launches Cool City initiative Inspired by