Primer on perusing this website
With a quarter million page views last month, it may be a good time to provide a summary of what you can find on this website:
Daily weekdays: A new cooltowns entry with image. Except holidays!
$40M Investment Network - For cooltown investors and 'investees' seeking one another
What People Are Saying... - Unsolicited feedback on our website
About Us - What we do, who we are
Archives - All 800+ entries since day one!
Discuss! - Message board to carry on discussions, share images amongst yourselves
Member Forum - Research and image library for members
Exclusive Market Research - Link to sign up for the above
Search - Find anything written within all 800+ entries.
Stay Informed/Participate - Sign up for email reports, join a business group, or national/international discussion listserv.
Categories:
Attainability - Affordability without subsidy
Community Building - The 'software' to the bricks & mortar 'hardware'
Cool Places - Great places from around the world (need your entries!)
CoolTown Process - The CoolTown methodology
Creative Class - The 38 million people that make up the heart of cooltowns
Downtown Migration - Downtowns truly are experiencing a renaissance
Economic Gardening - Growing your economy with local companies rather than stealing others'
Entertainment & Arts - What's fun and creative in your neighborhood?
Government Innovation - You'd be surprised. Visionary mayors are a requisite.
Green Development - Lots of environmentally-conscious green building examples
Health & Fitness - Evidence that cooltowns are indeed good for you
Housing & Lofts - High style, low cost - that's the theme.
Investment - Focused on those with investment capital
Invisible Technology - Cooltowns are high-tech, but more so if you don't notice it
Market Development - Understanding the target market - you
Mass Customization - An evolving economy based on customer-driven products and services
Media & Resources - In the news and news sources
Mixed-Use Developments - Model housing/retail/office buildings
Mobility - Aka transportation, but from a pedestrian point of view
New Cooltowns? - On the drawing board
PlaceMaking - This is where new urbanism, smart growth comes in
Public Safety - Lessons on establishing safe neighborhoods
Reader Experiences - Places our readers find cool
Retail Entertainment Districts - This is a big one - the heart of a city or neighborhood
Retail Venue Development - The most intriguing indie restaurants and shops
Third Places - Not your home or workplace, but places to hang out away from both
University Towns - Developments around universities, the well of talent
Workplaces - Innovative workplaces that don't resemble anything like the 9-5 cubicles
Youth & Education - Why there's hope for the future