Monthly Archive:: January 2005
What happens when a lawyer has a career change?: There’s nothing more important to a great downtown/main street than the entrepreneurs
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Do you live in a CoolTown or CloneTown?: Is it a place full of cool, or clones? The people at
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CoolTowns – urban biodiversity?: If you ever wanted a concise read on how biodiversity relates to
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Go for the ‘Madonna effect: That’s the advice of downtown consultant Susan Nigra Snyder of CivicVisions, in
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Why are we great at designing software, not so much cities?: In this edgy ChangeThis manifesto, Made In USA, the Paul Graham, the
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Alternative nightlife: Dodgeball: There’s more to nightlife than restaurants and bars, and one of the
Developers target ‘creative’ class with infill projects: Austin is already one of the coolest cities in the country, so
Q: Can individuals invest in CoolTowns as well?: Here’s the exact question someone just posed, “Can I invest small amounts
“Spending at neighbors’ stores changes the world”: That’s the tagline of this article on why independent businesses rock, and
$150 million equity network for CoolTown redevelopment projects: Got a cool project that needs capital? Need a project to invest
What would be an ideal equity fund for CoolTowns?: I get the feeling that there’d be a lot more CoolTowns built
Update on New Economy Town investment initiative: A few years ago I assisted in the founding of an investment
Cool in 1924, cool again in 2004: Can you believe they were thinking of razing this building? It’s a
Sign of the CoolTown times: Condo mania: It’s become common knowledge in the real estate industry that people are
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Placemaking from an artful perspective: What would a city look like from an arts point of view?
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If you haven’t been to Savannah…: You should. This historic Georgia town, made pop culture famous by its
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Building a creative community (part 2): Continuing yesterday’s blog, here’s the rest of Fast Company magazine’s rulesfor establishing
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Resolutions for a new year, new community: Hope you enjoyed your vacation. Here’s a set of resolutions for building
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