Just as a theater doesn’t come to life unless it has a show, a neighborhood downtown needs some fun, jazzy events to create some ongoing vibrancy, as well as economic growth.

So, since there isn’t a single resource that I know of listing such events, especially ones with an edge, here’s a start:

Food: Taste of ‘Insert Neighborhood Here’ events let people peruse a variety of booths representing local restaurants.  The Shaw neighborhood in DC has an Eat Out For Your Neighborhood, with 10% of

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Manhattan has a definite problem with running out of space for its pedestrians amid its frenzied onslaught of auto traffic, especially in high-traffic destinations like Times Square.  So, perhaps they could take a lesson from Nanjing Road in Shanghai, China - and establish the main street for pedestrians only.

The first commercial road in Shanghai, being the busiest, most popular street in the city wasn’t enough.  Thus, a large section of the street was pedestrianized in 2000, redesigned by a

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More and more every year as evolving demographics show, with positive results…

- The National Association of Realtors states that the percentage of single female home buyers in the past 20 years has doubled, second only to married couples.  Considering their neighborhood buying preferences, expect even an even stronger market for cooltowns.

- Women make up 58% of the undergraduate college population, and rising, which will inevitably lead to more cultural, purchasing and business influence. 

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