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Carolina’s historic character + sustainability = North Carolina Rail Trails
Posted on October 13th, 2007 in Rurbanomics | No Comments »
I saw North Carolina’s rail trails the first time I visited Durham. NCRT mission is corridor preservation, retrieval and conversion of obsolete rail ways Read the rest of this entry »
The Shadow of Debt: Cuyahoga County Treasurer Jim Rokakis on the threat to urban progress
Posted on October 1st, 2007 in Rurbanomics | 1 Comment »
In the 1990’s, Cleveland Mayor Michael R. White established a landmark agreement with northeast Ohio’s banks. Using the Community Reinvestment Act as leverage, Read the rest of this entry »
Mesa del Sol Part II: September 26, 2007 NY Times Coverage
Posted on September 26th, 2007 in Rurbanomics | 2 Comments »
New York Times
September 26, 2007
Planned City Rises Within a City in the Southwest
By LISA CHAMBERLAIN
ALBUQUERQUE — A 25-square-mile stretch of flat acreage here with sweeping views of the Sandia Mountains — said to be the largest tract of undeveloped land in the United States within one city’s limits Read the rest of this entry »
Founder Transitions and the Annie E. Casey Foundation Study
Posted on September 11th, 2007 in Carmody and Company, Inc., Philanthropy & Social Entrepreneurship | 3 Comments »
Recently (and I’m still in the midst of it) I left an economic development Read the rest of this entry »
Adaptive Reuse: Lemonade out of lemons…
Posted on September 10th, 2007 in Development Tools: Arts, Design & Sustainability, Rurbanomics | 1 Comment »
It seems easy, right? Take old, obsolete buildings, find uses more appropriate to the 21st century, and transform them. All too often though, Read the rest of this entry »
Pew Charitable Trust issues new study of state level R & D strategies
Posted on September 6th, 2007 in Rurbanomics | 1 Comment »
Pew’s Center on the States’ new study Investing in Innovation examines how states have begun more customized R & D strategies Read the rest of this entry »
Soros’ Open Society Institute introduces innovative cinema program in developing economies to promote civil society
Posted on September 5th, 2007 in (E)merging Markets | 1 Comment »
(August 30, 2007) George Soros’ Open Society Institute - dedicated (among other things) to cultivating stronger civil society in central Europe, Asia and Africa, has announced an innovative program to make Central Asian films accessible Read the rest of this entry »
Forest City’s Film Studio at Mesa del Sol: Where the Creative Class and manufacturing meet
Posted on August 31st, 2007 in Rurbanomics | 2 Comments »
Forest City Enterprises, a Fortune 1000 company headquartered in Cleveland, is building one of the largest and most modern film facilities on the continent Read the rest of this entry »
A new chapter in my life
Posted on July 30th, 2007 in Carmody and Company, Inc. | 1 Comment »
After 10 challenging and fulfilling years I am leaving the Greater Cleveland Film Commission in the very capable hands Read the rest of this entry »