Archive for Economy
Peter Kageyama on the Florida Boomer Lifestyle Conference
CCP partner Peter Kageyama will speak at this year’s Florida Boomer Lifestyle Conference on the changing economy and its impact on the nature of work and community.
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Gallup Global Wellbeing Survey
Gallup’s Global Wellbeing Survey shows how asymmetric wealth and development is on a worldwide level. The interactive map is particularly useful.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/126977/Global-WellBeing-Surveys-Find-Nations-Worlds-Apart.aspx
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City Love – Pecha Kucha
Renewing Our Love Affair With Our Cities – Pecha Kucha from Peter Kageyama on Vimeo.
Peter Kageyama, founder of the Creative Cities Summit on how to renew our love affair with our cities cities. From Pecha Kucha Night Tampa Bay, January 15, 2010.
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Creative Cities Summit – Lexington, April 7-9, 2010
They say a crisis is a terrible thing to waste and in 2010, Lexington will make the most of the current crisis by doing what needs to happen in turbulent times. You get creative.
The Creative Cities Summit, an interdisciplinary conference on the major issues facing communities; talent, economic development, arts & culture, transportation, sustainability and [...]
Where is Your Reset?
I was talking to a 60-year-old, retired entrepreneur at a party the other night. Successful guy, very sharp. I asked him what he thinks is next for Florida and he said he did not have much hope for Florida, mostly due to lack of visionary leadership. Then he said something that really struck me. He [...]
Trends – “Urbany”
Trendwatching.com has named “Urbany” a top ten trend of 2010. As Trendwatching puts it, “Urban culture is the culture. Extreme urbanization, in 2010, 2011, 2012 and far beyond will lead to more sophisticated and demanding consumers around the world.” And demanding consumers lead to innovation.
http://trendwatching.com/briefing/#urbany
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Florida Tourism – A Double Edged Sword
Tourism has long been the golden goose in Florida but it is also a double-edged sword. We have no state income tax in large part due to the sales tax revenue that tourism provides. When the tourists come, the coffers fill and all is well. When we have downturns in the economy or other disruptions [...]
A Tree Grows in Downtown Detroit
This is very interesting and emblematic of the fate of a classic old building in downtown Detroit.
Nature takes root as Detroit’s Lafayette Building rots
Source: www.detnews.com
A poplar tree stands atop the historic Lafayette Building in the heart of Detroit. Her crown reaches 20 feet above the terra cotta cornice, her roots puncturing deep in the roof. [...]
The Last Truck
The Last Truck: The Closing of a GM Plant
“I had this vision of this big, gentle dragon that was lying down, taking its last breath. And that was the plant. “
I just watched “The Last Truck: The Closing of a GM Plant” a poignant HBO documentary (trailer here) on the closing of the [...]
The Rise of the City-State?
In this excerpt of Paul Starobin’s new book, After America, he makes an interesting case for the rise of city-states in the 21st century. If global talent flows to places where it is valued most, the world’s 40 mega-regions will continue to grow and prosper in the 21st century while most other communities stagnate, loss [...]
