Something to ponder while you relax over the holiday break: What if Washington was smart? Bruce Katz is working on schooling folks inside the Beltway about how to build stronger cities and metro areas. He talks with Pop City editor Tracy Certo.
Who's your city? Mr. Creative Class Richard Florida has a lot to say about why the cool kids live where they do, and what leaders can do to keep them here.
"We're on the verge of big changes," says Bruce Katz, an urban growth expert who rallies for the revitalization of cities like Detroit — advocating for smart growth, innovative housing and transportation, green space preservation, better schools and good jobs.
Charles Landry, author of the books The Creative City and the The Art of City Making, offers his views on what it takes to help urban centers reach their full potential.
Have you earned a master's at Wayne, flown from Detroit to Bangalore, invented a widget, caught a foreign movie at the DFT or taken a bus ride down Woodward? It all adds up in a new CEOs for Cities report.
Innovate and create, charges Carol Coletta, host of Smart City radio and head of CEOs for Cities. City leaders need new strategies to revive urban areas.
Detroit and Pittsburgh have more in common than a love for Steelers' running back Jerome Bettis and an excitement for SBXL. Both cities have seen job losses, dwindling downtowns and now, renewal. Now if only we could do something about our Lions ...
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