Planetizen’s poll for the top 100 urban thinkers ranging from planners of the past to active thinkers of today including Richard Florida at number 29.
adminSeptember 21, 2009
In his latest book, “Who’s Your City?.” Florida expands on the work that he’s done in previous books to speak to two audiences. First, the book gives cities a sense of what they need to do to attract and keep the best and the brightest. Second, the book gives guidance to individuals trying to make the very important choice of where they want to live. How does Jackson rank?
adminSeptember 16, 2009
Five local nonprofit organizations received the 2009 Touchstone Award from the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation. The event’s theme, “Celebrating our Creative Economy,” included ideas from a 2007 presentation at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center by Richard Florida, an author and professor who talks about the “creative class.”
adminSeptember 16, 2009
The Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation announces the recipients of the 2009 Touchstone Awards. This year’s theme “Celebrating Our Creative Economy” celebrates the work of Dr. Richard Florida and the impact his message has had on the Twin Ports.
adminSeptember 16, 2009
Richard Florida ranked 24 out of 100 best twitter feeds for business students, posting links to economic stories that impact everyone’s lives such as unemployment, personal bankruptcy, and spending.
adminSeptember 16, 2009
The surge of art galleries in Omaha’s old warehouse district reflects a national trend, said Richard Florida, author of the bestselling book “The Rise of the Creative Class” and a renowned expert on urban renewal and the arts.
adminSeptember 10, 2009
The Sacramento Bee catches the numbers mapped out by University of Toronto professor Richard Florida in his book “Who’s Your City?”, comparing the ratio of single men to women ages 20 to 64 in urban areas across the United States.
adminSeptember 8, 2009
Richard Florida has faced off numerous critics since he arrived in Toronto. But the globe-trotting urbanist thinks the world can learn a lot from this city’s past and people.
adminAugust 28, 2009
Richard Florida argues rather forcefully that “personality plays a significant role in understanding cities, regions … and economic growth.”All this begs the question that Florida asks, “Who’s your city?” What is the “personality” of our city? Or, what is the “Spirit” of Toledo?
adminAugust 28, 2009