Gainesville is frequently described as a creative community by its leaders due to its university, artistic, and technological influences. Who’s Your City? and how it applies to Gainesville.
adminNovember 2, 2008
A municipality can spark the creativity of its community, as well as attract the entrepreneurial “creative class,” by investing in projects that offer a sense of style, place and opportunity for self-expression, Dr. Richard Florida told municipal and community leaders at an event hosted by the Greater Barrie Chamber of Commerce, the University Partnership Centre at Georgian College, Downtown Barrie and the city.
adminOctober 29, 2008
Richard Florida and Gail Lord explain why cities, and their cultural institutions, are the 21st century’s engines of prosperity.
adminOctober 27, 2008
Professor Florida makes an impassioned plea, using his first book, The Rise of the Creative Class (2002), as a jump start, for the U.S. to retain its stature as an open and welcoming home for talent.
adminOctober 22, 2008
Following up on The Rise of the Creative Class (2002), Florida argues that if America continues to make it harder for some of the world’s most talented students and workers to come here, they’ll go to other countries eager to tap into their creative capabilities—as will American citizens fed up with what they view as an increasingly repressive environment.
adminOctober 22, 2008
Richard Florida’s take on Montreal and it’s position amidst the current economic storm.
adminOctober 18, 2008
Richard Florida speaks at the Creative Cities Summit 2.0 in Detroit, Michigan suggesting market turmoil is a sign of fundamental economic change.
adminOctober 14, 2008