The New York Times today has an article about Portland’s struggle with gentrification and diversity. The article talks about how despite Portland’s surface liberalism, African Americans in the city are relatively low in numbers and feel shut out.
From the article: “I’ve been really upset by what I perceive to be Portland’s blind spot in [...]
“The Bottom Line of Diversity”
Tuesday, May 6, 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.
Don’t look now, but the Twin Ports population is becoming more diverse every day. Major [...]
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 [...]
Thursday, May 1, 12 noon.
KCCI/APEX/The Northland Works/Minnesota Power Economic Development Brown Bag
“Reinvigorating the Great Lakes with GLUE”
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.
GLUE, which stands for the Great Lakes Urban Exchange, is an organization formed in late [...]
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 [...]
The Minnesota Post has a story about the openness of Minnesota to the foreign-born. See the story here. One of the interesting stories for the next 10 years will be how Minnesota repopulates its workforce. Many economists and demographers are saying that the state has no choice but to be more accepting of workers born [...]
The Hodge Podge Supper Club is an effort to bridge the cultural and institutional gaps in the Twin Ports 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. It is our belief that we will all benefit and [...]
