In this excerpt from the Canadian edition of “Who’s Your City?” author Richard Florida argues that, while Canada’s cities have done well to avoid some of the economic disparities of U.S. cities, they will need to work harder still.
adminApril 15, 2009
In his new book Who’s Your City?, Florida makes the case that deciding where to live is possibly the most crucial life decision a person can make, right up there with what to do for a living, who not to marry, and whether to have kids or just keep renting. Older generations accepted their geographic place as a given.
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Sharon Rapoport shares the final four ideas from the Roanoke Richard Florida Creative Connectors 2 Day Seminar on how to change the region for the better.
adminApril 15, 2009
Arts and culture can play key roles in Europe‘s economic recovery, agreed politicians, EU officials and arts experts attending the Prague Forum for Creative Europe, one of the main events of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation.
adminApril 13, 2009
Countering the prevalent gloom, The Atlantic’s provocative March 2009 front cover asks “How The Crash Will Reshape America,” with a counter-intuitive sub-title reading “The Sunbelt Fades, New York Wins.”
adminApril 13, 2009
Richard Florida, the urban theorist and author of the seminal book, The Rise of the Creative Class, is talking about a fundamental “reset” in the North American economy as a consequence of the crash.
adminApril 13, 2009
There is currently a flurry of media attention on Detroit as a haven for enterprising young artists. Can artists really save a piece of a “ruined city,” a “dying city,” a city that has defied all other attempts at renewal? What has yet to be acknowledged, however, is how an artistic revival of Detroit might present the city with challenges in its very success.
adminApril 13, 2009