Trendwatching.com has named Urbany a top ten trend of 2010.  As Trendwatching puts it, "Urban culture is the culture. Extreme urbanization, in 2010, 2011, 2012 and far beyond will lead to more sophisticated and demanding consumers around the world."  And demanding consumers lead to innovation. 

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In the coming decade Tampa Bay is expecting a huge wave of Baby Boomers to roll into the region.  Anticipating this trend, CreativeTampaBay's Deanne Roberts and Michelle Bauer (both CEOs for Cities network partners) are already strategizing on how to capitalize on this impending opportunity for their city.  

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The working age population of 18-64 is expected to drop from 63% of the population in 2008 to 57% by 2050.  That working population will be 55% minority in 2050, according to census estimates, a 21 percentage point increase from 2008.  More than 30% of the working-age population will be…