Monthly Archive:: February 2007

What do potato chips and cool towns have in common?: Answer: You can co-design your own. Regulars to this site are familiar

America’s Best Places for Artists: We all pretty much know that wherever the artists go, the risk-averse
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Youngstown a lesson in “Change or Die”: The knowledge economy moved on without Youngstown, Ohio, whose heyday was in

$2000 reward for living near your work: If you live in Baltimore MD, work for one of these companies

Romance with streetcars reviving: They’re back! …and people are glad to see them again, for the

It’s the entrepreneurs, stupid! (2 of 2): Based on part one of this two-part story, identifying the uneven distribution

It’s the entrepreneurs, stupid! (1 of 2): Cities are constantly trying to get companies to move to their region,

How to recognize independent businesses that will thrive: Don’t shoot the messenger because I can’t disagree more, but this is

Rural colleges going urban?: Should rural universities even think about going urban? In our customer-driven economy

Region looks to gain jobs with ‘third place work centers: The Grand Rapids, MI area lost 27,000 jobs between 2000 and 2004,

The story behind Boulder’s open source development (2 of 2): So how did Boulder Housing Partners (BHP) bring together seven different developers

The story behind Boulder’s open source development (1 of 2): If you’re familiar with the open-source form of business development that’s becoming

Pittsburgh investing heavily in a creative identity: How important is Pittsburgh’s creative future? $460 million worth, in what is

Neighborhoods can now also receive green-certification: Buildings have long been third-party certifiable as green/sustainable via the LEED (Leadership
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Tools for co-designing your next building, community…: As you know, each succeeding generation of products and services is increasingly

Buyers once again preferring homes, buildings with human proportions: Walk around those popular historic districts of the 1920s – notice how

Living room theaters – you knew it was coming: You have to admit you saw this was inevitable, it was just

What about color?: What provides the greatest return on investment when developing destinations or revitalizing

Truly ‘triple bottom line’ urban village coming to the Bronx: One of the most concrete ways of providing sustainable/green, affordable living in