Increasingly, in other places, college students are being see as sources of creativity and vision. Tapping into those assets isn’t easy, but it can be done. Take a look at this posting from Richard Florida’s blog about a new program at the University of Waterloo:
I pushed for this at Carnegie Mellon and written about the need to enable [...]
One of the cool things about the Knight Creative Communities Initiative is the number of ways that the work cuts across traditional political divides.
See this story from conservative NY Times columnist David Brooks, who makes the point that the United States needs to invest more in its human capital:
“If I were advising the Republican nominee, [...]
Well, there’s something about this year that is connecting our college students with the political process. At the Minnesota Caucuses Tuesday night, Precinct 10, made up almost entirely of college students (and the vast majority of those are Freshmen and a few sophomores), led the way with the highest turnout in the city of Duluth: [...]
The NY Times has a good article about how much private donations, whether from individuals or institutions, are reshaping the public face of communities. See the article here.
For us in the Duluth-Superior area, the issue is also developing in similar ways. The A.H. Zeppa Foundation has invested significant sums in a variety of projects, including [...]
While some law firms are paying their top new employees ridiculous amounts of money, many of them as well as other highly paid professionals are realizing that salaries alone don’t make their employees happy.
Some of the battle is about the stress and prestige of being a lawyer and doctor, but as Richard Florida tells the [...]
Don Ness, the mayor-elect of Duluth, has talked for many years about the importance of attracting and keeping young adults in the region.
As he takes office, it’s clear that he wants the city’s economic development efforts to reflect that it’s as important to make the city welcoming to talented individuals as attracting companies.
In a forum [...]
A new report shows that the Creative class has grown in Northeastern Minnesota in the last four years. Driven by growth in the number of people employed as Creative Professionals, the percentage of the Creative Class in our region grew from 27.3 percent of the workforce in the second quarter of 2003 to 28.9 percent [...]
The Duluth News Tribune this morning ran an update on all of our projects on their front page. Read the story here.
The only other thing we’d add is that part of the excitement is the sheer number of people getting involved in all aspects of the projects: as volunteers on the teams, in brown [...]
Duluth Mayor Herb Bergson cites Richard Florida is this year’s proclamation in support of the annual GLBT Pride Festival. As some of you know, when Gary Doty was mayor, he refused to issue the proclation. Superior Mayor David Ross also doesn’t support Pride weekend.
You can find more information about Pride weekend here.
This is the [...]
Teachers are one field where, finally, the Baby Boom retirements are beginning to cause signficant gaps in hiring. While school districts in our region are in better shape (but only because we have fewer and fewer school-age children), in other parts of the country recruiting teachers is becoming more and more important.
Read this story from [...]
