Comments on: Opportunity is Local (Or: You Can’t Buy a New Economy)

By: Placemaking is more about developing talent from within, not attracting talent from afar

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:42:29 +0000

[...] “Placemaking is, ultimately, more about the identification and development of local talent, not the attraction of talent from afar,” Brendan Cain said in Opportunity is Local (Or: You Can’t Buy a New Economy). [...]

By: Project for Public Spaces | Five Jane’s Walks Focused on Community Resilience

Fri, 03 May 2013 16:38:54 +0000

[...] 2.) Not Your Typical Regent Park Walk, Toronto: This walk, in the city where Jane moved after her time in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, will “[shine] a light on the capacity of local residents and [reframe] Toronto’s negative ‘public housing’ narrative,” focusing on the importance of generating new economic opportunities from within local communities rather than attracting them from somewhere else. [...]

By: Cameronmuhic

Cameronmuhic — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:12:00 +0000

A previous poster said this article is complete bunk. I’d appreciate knowing her reasons why she feels that way. Just to say you disagree with something doesn’t make your point. Please support your statement so we can all understand your thoughts.

By: Skillnad mellan placemaking och placebranding? | Calaicia-Förnyelse i Centrum!

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:54:13 +0000

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By: TSetyani

TSetyani — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 02:42:00 +0000

Good article. I think it’s good that Richard Florida put the creativity unto the table of economists. But many people thought it’s a matter of buying or attracting a certain type of creative class, instead of deriving the originality itself. Agreed, we can’t buy an instant solution of creativity.

By: Katherine Leigh

Katherine Leigh — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:52:00 +0000

This article is complete bunk.

By: SyracuseFirst | Blog

SyracuseFirst | Blog — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:08:14 +0000

[...] in the day I came across this blog post from the Project for Public Spaces. Brendan Crain, the author, talks about place-making, branding [...]

By: Opportunity is local (Or: You can’t buy a new economy) | Economic Development.org

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:33:02 +0000

[...] Brendan Crain / February 6, 2013 / http://www.pps.org [...]

By: Project for Public Spaces | Opportunity is Local (Or: You Can’t Buy a New Economy) | Local Economy Guy

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:05:38 +0000

[...] See on http://www.pps.org [...]