Economic development expert Richard Florida visits U of T to discuss his two-year research involvement with the School of Urban and Public Affairs.
adminNovember 19, 2010
Royal Philips Electronics annouced the launch of the Philips Livable Cities Award, an initiative designed to generate practical, achievable ideas for improving the health and well-being of people living in cities. Individuals, community or non-governmental groups and businesses are eligible to participate in the Award program.
adminMay 26, 2010
Royal Philips Electronics announces the launch of the Philips Livable Cities Award, an initiative designed to generate practical, achievable ideas for improving the health and well-being of people living in cities with Richard Florida as chair of the international panel of experts.
adminMay 25, 2010
In the years ahead, changes in demographics and consumer behavior will drive new real estate development patterns that reflect a trend toward more urban suburbs, according to industry experts at ULI’s Real Estate Summit at the Spring Council Forum in Boston. Well-known analysts Joel Kotkin, Robert Lang, Richard Florida, and Christopher Leinberger offered different views on what’s ahead, but they all agreed that most of the growth in U.S. urban regions will occur not in downtown cores, but in the suburbs.
adminApril 21, 2010
Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class, told ULI attendees in Boston that human creativity will power the next economic boom, and to succeed, places must meet the needs of the most talented and innovative workers.
adminApril 21, 2010
Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class, talks about that book and his next one, The Great Reset, as keynote speaker for the opening of the Creative Cities Summit at the Lexington Center.
adminApril 8, 2010
Florida is the keynote speaker at the opening of the Creative Cities Summit in Lexington, a three-day international conference of people focused on economic development and revitalization of their communities.
adminApril 7, 2010
Author Richard Florida to speak at Texas Tech University Presidential Lecture and Performance Series February 5, 2010.
adminFebruary 10, 2010