Richard Florida in Vancouver speaking at the Congress for the Humanities and Social Sciences
adminJune 13, 2008
Author Richard Florida argues that for people in creative fields, it’s important to live near each other in order to spark innovation and drive regional economies.
adminJune 5, 2008
Writing about the rise of regions as economic powerhouses, Florida outlined the essence of what has made some regions prosperous, while others have languished behind. It comes down to attracting and keeping those who are creative and those who are willing to take risks.
adminJune 5, 2008
Greenlight Greater Portland, a privately funded economic development group, issued a “prosperity index” today that compared the metro area with nine other western cities and touted its robust economic prospects during the next five years.
adminJune 5, 2008
Florida comes to Portland to help launch Greenlight Greater Portland, a new regional economic development initiative.
adminJune 5, 2008
Florida addresses group of 500 Portland area business and government leaders gathering to discuss a regional economic report issued by Greenlight Greater Portland.
adminJune 5, 2008
Richard Florida took on Thomas Friedman and challenged his notion that the world is flat – suggesting instead that it is “spiky” by pointing out that the real economic activity happens within cities, not countries and that it DOES matter where you live even though technology has seemingly made it easier to do business anywhere.
adminJune 3, 2008
“We are the creative hub of Tallahassee where visual artists, performance artists, small businesses and entrepreneurs can find a place to showcase their work in an 18-hour downtown environment,” Costigan said of Gaines Street.
adminJune 2, 2008
Fareed Zakaria: The end result will be a “landscape that is quite different from the one we have lived in until now – one defined and directed from many places and by many peoples.”
adminJune 1, 2008