Creative Tampa Bay! Creative Phoenix?

Sunday, May 21, 2006

Richard Florida has some very helpful insights, but it's tougher to see how to come up with practical initiatives.

Tampa Bay one region that bit down hard on Florida's creative class. Creative TampaBay has been focusing on how to implement Florida's insights.

The organization hired a consultant out of Oregon, Joe Cartwright, with strong credentials in economic development. Cartwright outlined the contours of his findings last week. Read more. he is clearly trying to give the leadership some practical frameworks to focus their time and resources. You can download a copy of the presentation from this page.

Meanwhile, some civic leaders in Phoenix are also pursuing this track. The conclusions of their study are not as promising. Read more. You can downlaod thier study here.

posted by Ed Morrison |

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