Monthly Archive:: February 2006
Do you need $$$ to translate innovation into revenue?: According to a new study of a thousand companies, The Resilience Report,
Taking affordability in housing to new levels: How can one afford own their own home and live in the
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How do you breed innovators in your bohemia?: Well, it’ll take more than just pretty lights. Assuming that there indeed
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How did bohemia become a given in every town today?: Just a few decades ago if you were a bohemian, you’d have
Calling on cooltown-oriented developers: Each week I receive inquiries from cities that want to provide incentives
BusinessWeek recognizes urban movement: The urban movement is indeed gaining momentum, yet it’s still not near
Lessons learned from a grassroots multi-merchant event: The U Street Shopper Social in MidCity, Washington DC, highlighted yesterday, has
Merchants take matters into their own hands: Yesterday’s entry on how independent businesses can work together by forming strategic
Independent businesses go interdependent to compete: How can independent businesses possibly compete with the marketing clout of the
How to keep a successful independent venue from ‘retiring: The tragic story no one wants to hear – your favorite, popular,
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Mixed-use fast becoming the norm: It wasn’t too long ago that housing developers only built housing, retail
Back to the future for our own health’s sake: From the late 1800s to early 1900s our public health was largely
If your city’s healthy for kids…: …it’s healthy for just about everyone else, and communities in Europe, Australia,
Chicago developer’s lifetime investment in artist community: What did it take to revive a neglected neighborhood with historic buildings
More suburban home builders make the jump to urban: One of the greatest barriers to living downtown is that the scarcity
Clipper Mill – From industrial mill to contemporary village: What to do with an abandoned mill founded in 1853 that used
Developing more humanistic buildings: I’m working with a number of developers that are in various stages
Workplace by day, live music venue by night?: Yesterday I highlighted ‘those lucky Macromedia employees’, but they got nothing on