Ideas for Cities
From Talent Developers in city halls to Tech Missions roaming the streets of our cities, the ideas on the future good life in cities that emerged from our Velocity Salon in Grand Rapids are being brilliantly showcased on GOOD.is as part of a series called Ideas for Cities. Check out the ideas (and the very cool graphics GOOD created to
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Talent Dividend Tour Update No. 6
March 10, 2010
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March 8, 2010
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Behind the Scenes with Adolfo Carrion
February 24, 2010
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The Lure of Portland
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Posted by: Carol
For anyone who wonders why Portland is such a lure to young creative types, D.K. Row of the Oregonian attempts to explain. "Portland's a paradise for creative types, who can live cheaply, surrounded by garlands of lush greenery, life-enhancing amenities such as light rail and too many artisanal indulgences to name. This is also a Valhalla where culinary, environmental and sustainable ideas aren't guiding principles within a Moonie-like cult. Rather, they're embedded values. Portlanders eat, cycle and recycle seriously. "Artists, architects, designers, gourmands, writers, musicians, soul-seeking professionals and empty nesters alike have thus migrated to our once-isolated hamlet and dramatically changed its census profile socially, politically and economically." Quoting Meg O'Rourke, Row explains that "today's utopian downtown cultural movements"…
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Behind the Scenes with Adolfo Carrion
February 24, 2010
As Director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs, Adolfo Carrion brings long overdue attention to the urban areas where 80 percent of the American people live and work. He comes to the position with knowledge of cities earned in his two terms as Bronx Borough President, as a member of New York's City Council and as an urban planner. Smart City talked to him to find out what urban leaders can expect after his first year of organizing the new office and coordinating cabinet officials to develop new urban strategies.
