Sometimes being economically disadvantaged is an advantage.

The conflict: More and more IT (information technology) jobs are being outsourced overseas because costs are lower, resulting in major job losses locally.

The transition: These IT jobs can be outsourced locally where costs are lower, but the talent isn’t nearly as concentrated in those areas as abroad.

The solution: Kathy White and her company, Rural Source, that links IT needs of major companies with large IT talent pools that she

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In continuation of yesterday’s blog and Entrepreneur Magazine’s Hot Trends for 2005, a look at what’s hot in the economy and culture, and how it applies to CoolTowns…

Third places.  Yep, CoolTowns are full of third places, and there’s an entire section of this site dedicated to them.  The article focuses on corporate examples like Starbucks, Barnes & Noble and even McD’s and Coca-Cola, but we know it’s the unique local ones that most people like hanging out at.

Obesity.  While there’s a

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