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City Vitals Series: Economic Integration

CEOs for Cities is an American network of urban leaders from the civic, business, academic and philanthropic sectors dedicated to building and sustaining the next generation of American cities.
Their ‘City Vitals Series’ is an ongoing look at the factors of urban success, and their most recent paper on ‘Economic Integration’ outlines three key points:
1.  When [...]

To Infinity … and Beyond!

To anyone who has children or has seen the movie Toy Story, this phrase immediately brings to mind Buzz Lightyear – the interplanetary action hero and defender of the universe.  Viewing each day as an outer space adventure, Buzz does his thing, until he realizes what the others have known all along … he is [...]

Wanted: Village CEO

Here’s an interesting socio-economic experiment … what would you do with an entire village?
“How much is an entire village in the English countryside worth on the open market?  The charitable trust that owns Linkenholt in Hampshire, southern England is about to find out.  The Herbert and Peter Blagrave Charitable Trust has decided to invest its [...]

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