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- Richard Florida: Who's Your City
- Considering your next big career move? In exclusive excerpts from his new book – "Who's Your City?" – Richard Florida explains why that decision should be all about location, location, location.Three crucial economic ingredients – talent, innovation, and creativity – are not distributed evenly across today's global...
- Articles 2008-03-25
- Who's Your City: How Creative Class Cities Will Beat the Recession
- In this interview with BNET, Richard Florida explains why his latest book "Who's Your City?" matters to workers during a recession and how a business's location affects not only the talent pool, but also its ability to innovate. ...
- Articles 2008-03-20
- Who's Your City?: What Is a Megaregion?
- Forget the best cities to work in. Richard Florida envisions a world in which megaregions -- composed of several cities -- represent a new and powerful economic unit. Adapted from Florida's new book Who's Your City? Today, megaregions range in size from 10...
- Articles 2008-03-19
- Who's Your City: Top 10 Megaregions
- These ten megaregions generate the bulk of America's economic output and stand to be the biggest areas for job and economic growth, according to Richard Florida, author of Who's Your City? ...
- Articles 2008-03-19
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- Groundbreaking for ADB Project to develop poor urban communities.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-21 October 2004-ADB: Groundbreaking for ADB Project to develop poor urban communitiesC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:10202004 MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Angeles City was today the groundbreaking site of an Asian Development Bank ADB project to bring affordable housing and serviced land...
- Research articles 2004-10-21
- WORLD BANK: Bangladesh to improve environmental and infastructure services in urban communities.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-18 March 1999-WORLD BANK: Bangladesh to improve environmental and infastructure services in urban communities C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:170399 DHAKA -- The World Bank today announced the approval of a US$138.6 million equivalent credit for a Bangladesh Municipal Services Project...
- Research articles 1999-03-18
- RP, WB sign grants of US$2 million to improve urban poor communities.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-9 April 2003-WORLD BANK: RP, WB sign grants of US$2 million to improve urban poor communitiesC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:04092003 US$2.13 Million that will help improve the living conditions of the poor in urban communities. Both grant agreements were signed...
- Research articles 2003-04-09
- Plans help urban renewal; CalPERS among several public funds investing in inner-city real estate markets and gaining some benefits of their own.(News)
- Byline: Cecily O'Connor BOSTON - A number of public pension funds are helping to revitalize blighted urban communities and reaping some benefits in the process. The funds, including the $197.4 billion California Public Employees' Retirement Syst Byline: Cecily O'Connor ...
- Research articles 2005-11-28
- Urban agriculture has a future. (Notebook).(Council for Agricultural Science and Technology report)(Brief Article)
- Agriculture makes a number of contributions to urban communities and these are hoped to form a basis for a partnership to achieve shared goals says a new report from the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology CAST. Urban and Agricultural Communities: Opportunities for Common Ground reports...
- Research articles 2002-11-01
- The National Urban League and Heineken USA Recognize Columbus, Ohio Attorney for Efforts to Encourage and Cultivate Economic Empowerment in Urban Communities
- To: AND URBAN AFFAIRS EDITORSContact: Tamara Moore, Heineken USA, +1-914-681-4153, tmoore@heinekenusa.com; or Ricky Clemons, National Urban League, +1- 212-558-5371, rclemons@nul.org ST. LOUIS, July 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Urban League and Heineken USA today announced the selection of Lisa Kathumbi of Columbus, Ohio as the national winner of the 2007...
- Research articles 2007-07-27
- EGYPT: SHARM EL-SHEIKH HOSTS WORLD CONF.(resort held conference on tourist and urban development)(Brief Article)
- The Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh hosts since yesterday the world conference on integration between the tourist and urban development. The four-day conference is organized by the Housing Ministry in tandem with the International Urban Development Association INTA, the Tourism Ministry and the Arab Urban...
- Research articles 2005-03-10
- The New Wealth Package: Generating Value in Distressed Urban Communities
- This paper applies arbitrage theory as a means of valuing community assets in urban low-income communities. Arbitrage is one of the principle capital market value formation tools. This tool is applied, in this paper, to valuing the wide range of assets that exist in low-income areas so that the potential...
- White papers 2002-09-30
- Urban Insurance Issues
- Underwriting, the task of deciding what risks to insure allows insurers to discriminate between good and bad risks. Differences in prices for insurance must reflect expected differences in losses and expenses. When the risk of future losses increases or when rates are inadequate, insurers become more selective about the degree...
- White papers 2003-07-01
- Bridging Campus to Community in the Lives of Urban Children and Youth: Introduction to the Special Issue
- This special issue brings together papers presented at a conference, "Promoting the Well-Being of Children and Youth in Urban America," held on the campus of Wayne State University in April 2004. These articles highlight multidisciplinary, multi-method research and research-in-context directed toward identifying protective and risky settings for children and youth...
- Research articles 2006-04-01
- Empowerment Zones Are Topic of Sept. 24 Conference At Depaul University's Egan Urban Center
- CHICAGO--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 23, 1998--More than a half a billion dollars has been allocated by the U.S. government since 1994 to stimulate development in urban communities through national empowerment zones. On Thursday, Sept. 24, 65 experts from across the country will gather at DePaul University to discuss what went right, what...
- Research articles 1998-09-24
- Former CA Treasurer Phil Angelides Joins Canyon Capital Realty Advisors; Will Chair New Canyon-Johnson Urban Communities Fund
- Angelides to Also Focus on Expanding Firm's Urban, Green Investment Initiatives
- Research articles 2008-02-04
- Movement afoot to provide affordable urban housing
- SYRACUSE - A new U.S. Congress initiative called "Saving America's Cities" will help construction companies build affordable housing in major cities Upstate and across the nation, according to the National Association of Home Builders NAHB.The initiative, unveiled by U.S. Rep. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.), is an important step forward to build...
- Research articles 2004-06-18
- National Urban League Awarded $1 Million by MetLife Foundation to Build Healthy Communities
- NEW YORK, Feb. 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, the National Urban League announced that it has been awarded $1 million by MetLife Foundation to establish the MetLife Foundation Healthy Communities Fund. The four-year initiative will help Urban League affiliaNEW YORK, Feb. 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, the National Urban League...
- Research articles 2004-02-24
- Feds cut $3 million in funds for Brooklyn;Money earmarked for development; 14 other urban areas in U.S. hit, too.(Brief Article)
- With little fanfare, Congress has eliminated funds for Brooklyn and 14 other urban areas that had been designated "strategic planning communities" by the Clinton administration. Each of the 15 communities was supposed to get $3 million. T With little fanfare, Congress has eliminated funds...
- Research articles 1999-11-22
- HHS Selects 10 Communities For Urban Partnership Initiative
- WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced the selection of 10 major metropolitan areas that will participate in HHS' Urban Partnership Initiative -- a new effort designed to help communities that continue to haWASHINGTON, Nov. 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson...
- Research articles 2002-11-25
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