By Greater Louisville Project on
4/21/2010 7:50 PM
There are three key dimensions to creative cities, Charles Landry, author of The Creative City, says: Talent Attraction and Retention, Niche Creativity, and Critical Mass.
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By Greater Louisville Project on
4/15/2010 9:40 AM
At the Creative Cities Summit last week in Lexington, Charles Landry, author of The Creative City, outlined the characteristics that make a city a creative urban environment. By his criteria, does Louisville qualify as a creative city? Is there possibility in "Possibility City?"
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By Greater Louisville Project on
3/23/2010 10:47 AM
Landing Signature Healthcare illustrates how economic development happens in the 21st Century: identify strengths and business clusters, devise a smart strategy, and aggressively pursue opportunities that arise.
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By Greater Louisville Project on
3/16/2010 10:40 AM
The push to make Louisville and its region more competitive may be losing ground as Frankfort copes with budget shortfalls.
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By Greater Louisville Project on
3/10/2010 8:09 AM
The movement to register 15,000 backyard farmers adds another quirky dimension to the "Quality of Place" that defines and distinguishs Louisville.
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By Greater Louisville Project on
3/3/2010 10:02 AM
Kentucky has signed on to pilot an approach that could transform how and why students leave high school.
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By Greater Louisville Project on
2/24/2010 1:17 PM
The news last week that Humana will cut 750 jobs at its corporate headquarters offers a powerful illustration of the challenge ahead to grow more 21st Century jobs as the recession recedes.
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By Greater Louisville Project on
2/16/2010 12:07 PM
Kentucky's move last week to become the first state in the nation to adopt national standards for math and English represents a milestone in the long journey of education reform.
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By Greater Louisville Project on
2/11/2010 3:42 PM
Raising education attainment in Louisville Metro will require closing the achievement gap between white and black students in elementary and secondary school -- and then in post-secondary school as well.
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By Greater Louisville Project on
2/1/2010 9:27 PM
The Greater Louisville Project has released a special report looking at education by race -- and discovering that Louisville ranks lowest among its peer cities in the percentage of African-American residents who hold a Bachelor's Degree or higher.
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