A first-person article in the Sunday New York Times talks about just the conundrum that many creative class workers are facing: is work about the biggest paycheck possible or should it be about something else.
In this article, Pamela Skillings talks about the choices she finally faced up to: “My big paycheck was making me miserable. [...]
As many who follow the economy realize, the United States is about to go into a very strange period where many current workers retire but many fewer people come into the workforce. Workforce development specialists have been calling out about the problem for years, but it’s only recently beginning to come to the attention of [...]
The Duluth News Tribune ran a series of opinion articles on whether and how Young Adults make the decision on whether to stay in Duluth or move away.
Local book publisher Tony Dierckins suggests that college students needs to use more creativity when they are looking for jobs, and not just take what’s easily given to [...]
Reinvigorating the Great Lakes with GLUE
Friday, May 16, 12 noon
KCCI/APEX/The Northland Works/Minnesota Power Economic Development Brown Bag
Minnesota Power Building, Room 140,
30 West Superior Street, Duluth.
Who Can Come? Everyone is welcome and it’s FREE!
How? Bring your own lunch and enjoy the conversation.
Speakers:
Jennifer Hawkins, Senior Economic Development Analyst, Minnesota Power.
John Bennett, Regional Extension Educator, University [...]
The Duluth News Tribune ran a story about being a year into the KCCI project on Sunday, generally praising the work and noting that real change will happen over a longer period of time.
“Positive Change Is on the Way” is here.
Community leaders had some significant praise for the project in their comments. Among them:
“I think [...]
What is it?
The Hodge Podge Supper Club is a first step toward bridging the cultural gaps in our community. Imagine people of different backgrounds, socio-economic class, races, religions and beliefs, all sitting down to share a meal and learn about one another. The goal is to develop our residents’ cultural competence and help make the [...]
One of the things our group has liked about working with the ideas of Richard Florida for Duluth is that they are not inherently partisan. Both Conservatives and Liberals can find things to like — and dislike — about his work.
For example, in his discussion of the four T-s — Talent, Technology, Tolerance, and Territory [...]
Richard Florida writes in the Wall Street Journal about the importance of very big places:
According to the article:
“Our public policy must work toward, not against, density. Nearly every expert on the subject agrees that innovation and productivity are driven by density. For the better part of a century, we’ve subsidized suburbanization. That stimulated consumption of [...]
Our colleagues in Charlotte, NC are plowing ahead with their own initiatives:
The initiatives are:
e-Merging Arts
Creativity Festival
The Blog
The Green 100
International Corridor
Third Space
They’ve got a fair number of details posted on their own website:
Here’s a summary of their work:
-Merging Arts
e-Merging Arts is focused on building a bridge between local emerging artists and potential buyers. Too often, emerging [...]
Dayton Ohio is the latest community to partner with Richard Florida to think about ways the city can better attract the Creative Class.
Read a story here from the Dayton Daily News.
According to the story, Dayton has adopted five projects:
• Film Dayton: Launch a film festival in Dayton, establishing a seed fund for aspiring movie makers [...]
