The CoolTown Guild is the talent pool by which these CoolTowns can and will be built.
Upon walking up to a CoolTown, one of the most striking features will be the visual sense that this is a mecca for creativity. The goal is to produce the same physical experience and wonder as when you walk down the streets of Paris or Venice for the first time, or if kids could walk through Willie Wonka’s chocolate factory.
That’s the goal. The modern reality unfortunately is far different, but one man
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If you’ve got one hour a week to listen to other people who share many of the CoolTown viewpionts, you have to listen to Carol Coletta’s interviews at Smart City Radio - Weekly urban insights.
The people she interviews have achieved success in using innovation and creativity to make cities and urban life more attractive, from benchmark new school models, economic success through the arts, and efforts that promote entrepreneurial growth. OK, so there’s a program on using sports arenas as key
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Must see TV: PBS broadcast the first of two 2-hour parts of Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance. If you’re looking for some inspiration (minus the medieval bloodshed) to attract the kinds of creatives that can manifest a renaissance in your town, this is good watching.
The Medici were a rather humble family that rose to power in Florence through a matter of luck, relationship building and business acumen. The Renaissance literally began when Cosimo Medici befriended and hired a raging
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