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Innovative Sweden at MaRS
Throughout its three-week run, Innovative Sweden will highlight groundbreaking products from promising Swedish startups in the fields of IT and Communications, Clean Technology, Gaming and Life Sciences. The event also features an extensive program of seminars, discussion panels, keynotes and business exchanges—the ideal forum for entrepreneurs, business advisors, students, researchers and innovation experts to connect, learn and share knowledge.
H3. A series of events are taking place beginning January 23rd until February 10th.
For more information on the events and to register to attend, visit the MaRS Discovery District Events site.
UT Cities Centre: Innovative Methods in Community Development - January 25, 5:30p
All are welcome to attend a public seminar sponsored by Cities Centre’s Community Development Collaborative Program.
No registration or RSVP is required.
How can technology, social media, dance all be used to engage and empower youths across Canada? Unity Charity, in partnership with Blue Print for Life, is creating a new program that uses electronic, phone and physical ex-changes with youths to make positive community impact. This program connects young people from hip hop clubs in Toronto to the Arctic dance scenes in Nunavut/Nunavik. Michael Prosserman will share insights about this innovative project.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 5:30 p.m.
Physical Geography Building, 45 St. George Street, Room 101
Expanding Canada's Frontiers Symposium - Space 2.0: What's Next?
ASX’s 9th Annual ‘Expanding Canada’s Frontiers’ Symposium “Space 2.0: What’s Next?”
January 20th, 2012
7-10pm
Convocation Hall
31 King’s College Circle
Toronto, Ontario
Featuring:
- Dr. Marc Millis, NASA Breakthrough Propulsion Physics
- Dr. Nicole Buckley, CSA Chief Scientist of the ISS and Life Sciences
- Mr. Thomas A. Olson, Founding Member, Exodus Consulting Group
MPI Seeks Candidates for Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
The MPI is now accepting applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship here at the Institute. The full position description can be viewed here.
Rapid Research: The Martin Prosperity Institute Working Paper Series
The MPI Working Paper Series provides a forum where the Martin Prosperity Institute and its affiliates will post working papers and gather feedback and editorial comments regarding content, structure, and other related matters in an online, interactive format.
By opening up the academic review and editing process, the author(s) are able to receive spontaneous and immediate feedback on their working paper from a number of contributors in a short amount of time, as compared to the traditional method of offline, singular colleague review.
This innovative approach enables an author to receive multiple perspectives and comments from a variety of colleagues, which ideally, will build on one another’s insights and perspectives quickly. This multitude of perspectives and speed in feedback enables the author to further develop the working paper based on these robust editorial comments and insights, and enables the author to promptly submit the work to a journal of choice.
Martin Prosperity Institute Blog
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Upcoming Events
Expanding Canada's Frontiers Symposium - Space 2.0: What's Next?
ASX’s 9th Annual ‘Expanding Canada’s Frontiers’ Symposium “Space 2.0: What’s Next?”
January 20th, 2012
7-10pm
Convocation Hall
31 King’s College Circle
Toronto, Ontario
Featuring:
- Dr. Marc Millis, NASA Breakthrough Propulsion Physics
- Dr. Nicole Buckley, CSA Chief Scientist of the ISS and Life Sciences
- Mr. Thomas A. Olson, Founding Member, Exodus Consulting Group
UT Cities Centre: Innovative Methods in Community Development - January 25, 5:30p
All are welcome to attend a public seminar sponsored by Cities Centre’s Community Development Collaborative Program.
No registration or RSVP is required.
How can technology, social media, dance all be used to engage and empower youths across Canada? Unity Charity, in partnership with Blue Print for Life, is creating a new program that uses electronic, phone and physical ex-changes with youths to make positive community impact. This program connects young people from hip hop clubs in Toronto to the Arctic dance scenes in Nunavut/Nunavik. Michael Prosserman will share insights about this innovative project.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 5:30 p.m.
Physical Geography Building, 45 St. George Street, Room 101
Innovative Sweden at MaRS
Throughout its three-week run, Innovative Sweden will highlight groundbreaking products from promising Swedish startups in the fields of IT and Communications, Clean Technology, Gaming and Life Sciences. The event also features an extensive program of seminars, discussion panels, keynotes and business exchanges—the ideal forum for entrepreneurs, business advisors, students, researchers and innovation experts to connect, learn and share knowledge.
H3. A series of events are taking place beginning January 23rd until February 10th.
For more information on the events and to register to attend, visit the MaRS Discovery District Events site.
Past events
MPI in the Media
The Obsolete Jobs Club
Bloomberg Businessweek
“How people cope with disruptive change in the job market is often a factor of age, skills, or even location. Kevin Stolarick, research director at the Rotman School’s Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto, notes that port cities like Boston, San Francisco, and Singapore are often hubs of innovation because they get a constant flow of immigrants and the new ideas they bring with them.’
RICHARD FLORIDA: It's Up To The Cities To Bring America Back
Business Insider
“Some will make the case for renewable energy, or science and technology, or even fresh water, but I take a longer view. Our most important resource is us – or to be more precise, the creative potential that is in every human being.”
Is the key to Las Vegas’ future bohemianism?
Las Vegas Weekly
“Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class and intellectual entrepreneur extraordinaire, argues that if cities are to be prosperous, they must embrace the “three Ts”: talent, technology and tolerance. This isn’t a groundbreaking argument, but he adds a seductive twist: To capture these three Ts, we must also embrace bohemianism.”
Enter the Dragon: Here Comes China's Creative Class
bigthink.com
“The Year of the Dragon – traditionally the year of big, innovative ideas and breakthrough projects – might just be the year that China’s creative class enters the global spotlight.”
The Atlantic: San Jose edges Santa Cruz for nation's healthiest metro title
Santa Cruz Sentinel
“The Atlantic rates Santa Cruz County as the second most healthy metropolitan area in the nation.
If Santa Cruz had a smaller percentage of smokers, Santa Cruz could have beaten San Jose for the No. 1 spot. The rankings were calculated by Richard Florida, The Atlantic columnist and director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto, based on the level of smoking and obesity in 315 regions using data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.”
A tale of two Israeli cities
Miami Herald
“Last week, Israelis had one more reason to be proud of themselves — one of their cities was singled out for a rare honor. The Canadian newspaper Globe and Mail selected the “most creative cities” of the world. Leaning on the Global Creativity Index, devised at the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, the newspaper looked at the three T’s (technology, talent and tolerance) which have made cities shine.”
Coastal California rates high nationwide in healthy lifestyles
The Sacramento Bee
“California’s economy may be suffering and the state budget may be in disarray, but when it comes to healthy lifestyles, Californians — or at least coastal Californians — are leading the nation, according to The Atlantic magazine.”
'Vibrant' growth needed to cut into jobless rate: experts
CTV
“The 580,000 Ontarians still looking for work as 2011 drew to a close might have a tough time — particularly if they’re seeking jobs in the manufacturing sector.”
The world's most creative cities
The Globe and Mail
“Innovation can happen anywhere. It shouldn’t be solely entrusted to Cupertino or Mountain View nor should it be limited to self-styled visionaries in New Balance sneakers. But it does seem to happen in clusters. Why Silicon Valley? Why Waterloo? Because creativity is cultural. For the better part of a decade, the Martin Prosperity Institute at U of T’s Rotman School of Management has been studying the complex web of factors that encourage and sustain innovation in regions around the world.”
Study: Williamsport top American site were Santa to relocate
Williamsport Sun-Gazette
“You better watch out. You better not pout, better not cry. I’m telling you why, Santa Claus is coming to town – and may be staying as a permanent resident.”
Santa Moving Workshop To St. Louis?
CBS St. Louis
“The home of the Little League World Series, Williamsport Pennsylvania, is the U.S. city most likely to land Santa Claus’s workshop, should St. Nick ever decide to leave the North Pole.”
Santa could find a ho, ho, home in Guelph, Ont.: Think-tank
Montreal Gazette
“If Santa is looking to move away from his home in the North Pole, a Toronto economic prosperity think-tank has made a list of North American cities to suit his needs. After checking the list at least twice, first place went to Guelph, Ont., about 93 kilometres west of Toronto.”
How jolly -- we're on Santa's shortlist
London Free Press
“London would be the fourth most likely destination for Santa to move should he need to leave the cool climes of the North Pole, says a study by the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management.”
If Santa Could Live Anywhere…
Wall Street Journal
“Santa Claus— who will again this year handwrite a letter full of curlicues to my kids to prove his existence—famously lives and works at the North Pole. But what if he wants a change of scenery? Researchers at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management have some suggestions: The school’s Martin Prosperity Institute set out to determine the 10 best alternative locations in North America for Santa’s home base.”
Santa would choose Guelph
Guelph Mercury
“The Martin Prosperity Institute, a think-tank at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, released a report Thursday stating that according to the optics of Santa’s favourite things — milk and cookies, toys, department stores and the number of postal workers and couriers in town to deliver his huge volume of mail — Guelph has the goods to give Santa the good life.”
Toronto's recipe for ICT success: management, talent, money
itbusiness.ca
“More competent managers, a larger IT talent pool, more start-up funding, and greater collaboration are needed to boost Toronto’s tech posture, according to speakers and attendees of Technicity 2011.”
Historic win for working women
The Toronto Star
“It’s been a long time coming — hurtfully long — but justice has finally been delivered in a 28-year pay equity dispute at Canada Post. Ironically, when the good news came, it was unexpectedly quick. The Supreme Court of Canada took a mere 20 minutes after the close of oral arguments last week to vindicate thousands of clerical workers who had been treated unfairly. The right thing to do was just that obvious.”
Mapping the Innovative City
Financial Times
“Cities are machines for innovation, incubators of ideas born of necessity as people from different places and social classes rub up against each other, creating a space for ideas and inventions. Look at Rome in the first century, Baghdad 1,000 years later, London in the 19th century or New York in the 20th; the city stands out as an engine of progress and modernity.”
Why doesn't Britain make things any more?
The Guardian
“In the past 30 years, the UK’s manufacturing sector has shrunk by two-thirds, the greatest de-industrialisation of any major nation. It was done in the name of economic modernisation – but what has replaced it?”
7 things Canadians think about their cities
National Post
“Canada has long been termed a nation of regions — a country that can be partitioned not just geographically, but also culturally, into the west, the east, central Canada, and Quebec.”
Face time with the stars
The Globe and Mail
“Another big Rotman idol is Richard Florida, the ‘creative class’ guru and director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at Rotman. He’s readily available to students, teaching two MBA courses — Prosperity and Competitiveness and Creative Regional Strategies.”
Growing The Economy Of The Future
Government of Ontario News
“Premier Dalton McGuinty set the tone for Ontario’s 40th parliament at a visit today to the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management expansion project that’s creating jobs today and for the future.”
Project Calgary: Trick-or-treat index finds best Halloween 'hoods
Calgary Herald
“You can blame Richard Florida. After moving from the US to Canada several years ago, the famed public academic and originator of the Bohemian Index, said he was pleasantly surprised at the number of trick-or-treaters in his urban Toronto neighbourhood.”
Why high-speed rail and why London?
London Free Press
“Speaking of competitive connections — according to Richard Florida, nations that implement transportation policies that ease the flow of labour, trade and ideas within mega-regions will thrive, and those that are slow to respond will stagnate or …”
U of T contributes to New York's push for academic excellence
The Globe and Mail
“The University of Toronto has joined a team of international schools to make a bid to build a $450-million urban sciences campus in Brooklyn, N.Y.”
Mobility falls to record low as Americans stay put
The Associated Press
“Yet another symptom of the economic downturn: Americans aren’t moving. Young adults are staying put, often with their parents. Older people aren’t able to retire to beachfront or lakeside homes.”
Global Creativity Index ranks Finland best for technology and talent
Helsinki Times
“Finland is a global leader in the number of researchers per capita, R&D investment and innovation, according to the Global Creativity Index published by the Martin Prosperity Institute.”
Mapping out Toronto's music scene
BlogTO
“The Martin Prosperity Institute is back at it with another map project that focuses on Toronto’s cultural scene. Building on previous work done on the cost of music rehearsal space in Toronto, this latest effort charts the relationship between monthly rehearsal spaces and live music venues. Although the results this little cartographic exercise might not be particularly surprising — centrally located studios are closer to live venues and more expensive to rent — it’s intriguing, nevertheless, to get a macro look at Toronto’s music scene.”
CNN Your Money: Where the jobs are
CNN
Is Finland's culture spoiling its Silicon Viking potential?
The Next Silicon Valley
“By all objective metrics Finland could emerge as a ‘next Silicon Valley’ – a vibrant European spawning ground for tech-driven, innovative, VC backed startups.”
City’s future linked to creative clusters
The Toronto Star
“You may not have noticed any cultural clusters on our streets, but a revealing new report called ‘From the Ground Up’ identifies these clusters as the key to Toronto’s growth and prosperity. Think of them as the peanut butter deliciously dripping across a map of the city.”
Speaking of polls
The Toronto Star
“Now that we’re talking about polls and maps and such (see previous post), it’s probably worth posting some cool maps from the the Martin Prosperity Institute, in a report on Toronto’s Cultural Sector. I came across them yesterday on this blog, which says the report is due to be considered this week at Toronto City Hall. And I thought it might be interesting to compare culture to politics, map-wise.”
The location of culture in Toronto
BlogTO
“A new report on the state of Toronto’s cultural sector prepared by the Martin Prosperity Institute and a variety of other groups including OCAD U, E.R.A. Architects and Wavelength/Music Gallery will be considered by the City of Toronto’s economic development committee this Friday (October 7th). Titled ‘From the Ground Up: Growing Toronto’s Cultural Sector’, a major component of the report involves the identification of cultural clusters within this city.”
Canada top destination for business: Forbes
Post Media News
“Canada is the top global destination for business, according to a new Forbes ranking that touts this country’s economic resilience as much of the world battles major financial woes.”
Ottawa should be a place of ideas
Ottawa Citizen
“Ottawa should shape its destiny as a great city and capital by becoming the centrepiece of international gatherings where the world comes to debate, argue, learn and find solutions to global problems, former UN ambassador Stephen Lewis said on Tuesday.”
The road to better pay: Is it college or university?
The Globe and Mail
“Who earns more, a chef with a college diploma or one with a university degree?
New research has shed light on the impact of higher education on wages in certain jobs. The study this week by the Martin Prosperity Institute and the Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity looks at how returns to education, particularly among university and college grads, vary.”
1 in 5 university grads end up at lower end of pay scales: report
CityNews
“More than 18 per cent of people with bachelor degrees don’t make the country’s median income of $37,002, the Globe and Mail finds. In a recent study, the newspaper found that while a university degree can increase one’s earning potential, nearly one in five university graduates will still end up at the lower end of the pay scale.”
Is owning a home overrated
The Dylan Ratigan Show
“The Atlantic’s Richard Florida and panel debate whether renting a home is a better option during a time of national economic distress.”
Berlin Hopes Growing Tech Community Will Lift City’s Economy
New York Times
“The courtyard of the nightclub Picknick was packed with partygoers dancing, shouting over the music and snapping photographs of one another, by all appearances just another night in this dilettante party capital. But appearances, on this recent Saturday night, were very much deceiving.”
MPI Research Director on LeDrew Live
CP24’s Stephen LeDrew interviews four Greater Toronto Area mayors, while MPI Research Director Kevin Stolarick contributes to the discussion. (Sept 22 Mayors of the GTA-Part 1)
Urban Thinkers Line Up Against Ford’s Waterfront Plan
Torontoist
“In a strongly worded open letter to Toronto city councillors, a long list of urban thinkers are condemning Rob Ford’s recent attempt to revamp long-planned development projects for the Port Lands. The letter was written by Eric Miller (director of the Cities Centre at U of T), Paul Bedford (former chief planner for Toronto), Richard Sommer (dean of U of T’s architecture school), and Richard Florida (director of the Martin Prosperity Institute).”
Fords may slow Port Lands push as opposition mounts
National Post
“The Ford administration may slow down a push to seize control of a section of waterfront revitalization, as opposition to charting a new course for the derelict Port Lands mounts.”
Cities drive Ontario’s future
The Toronto Star
“Cities are ‘creatures of the province.’ Luckily, the Constitution didn’t say ‘children.’ If it did, by now Family Services would have moved in and taken them away from the provinces. Not so much for mistreatment, but for neglect. During this provincial election campaign and in the administration that follows, the ‘creatures’ deserve some attention.”
NCC Taking to the road in search of a vision for Ottawa
Ottawa Citizen
“For the first time in its history, the National Capital Commission is going on the road this fall to ask Canadians across the country about their vision for the national capital.”
Shining the spotlight on people who shape world’s cities
The Globe and Mail
“But next week, after three packed showings of Urbanized, The Atlantic magazine will launch a new website,TheAtlanticCities.com, a hub for all things urban, centred on the work of Toronto-based thinker Richard Florida.”
Ontario NDP Leader enters job-creation fray with subsidy for full-time hires
The Globe and Mail
“Offering tax credits in exchange for job creation can be ‘a very expensive way to create only a few jobs,’ said James Milway, executive director of the Martin Prosperity Institute.”
Crunching the Crisis
BBC
“As global economic confusion continues, maybe it is time to rethink the way the world works. Peter Day hears from three influential business gurus with change-making suggestions.”
Ontario's Growth Plan Is Working, But Not Well Enough
Huffington Post Canada
“The Ontario government’s five-year implementation update on its Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe shows that it is having the intended effect. The absence of this Growth Plan, they say, would result in worse gridlock, sprawl, a significant loss of greenspace, lower economic productivity and poorer quality of life.”
The inchoate rage beneath our global cities
Financial Times
10 great places to explore urban neighborhoods
USA Today
“Not long ago Americans were abandoning their cities. Now many of the nation’s urban areas are booming with new restaurants, parks and condos. Richard Florida , who studies urban trends, says much has changed in the last decade.”
Fragile Economy Keeps Older Workers From Retirement
MSNBC
“…But about 45 percent of jobs are concentrated in the low-wage, low-skill service parts of the economy, including janitors, home health care, and retail sales and clerks, calculates Richard Florida, director of the Martin Prosperity Institute.”
Wanted: A young and restless workforce
Atlanta Journal Constitution
“What sort of person do cities and metro areas most want to attract? If you described yourself, you were right – as long as you’re between 25 and 35ish and hold at least a bachelor’s degree. Preferably in a technology field.”
Theatre to get an encore
National Post
“If this project indicates the evolution of the east-end neighbourhood, it may also signify another evolution, one in which gentrification is no longer a dirty word.‘This is how neighbourhoods rejuvenate,’ said James Milway, executive director at the Martin Prosperity Institute.”
Finance magazine ranks Charlotte as top "value city"
WCNC
New social contract for service workers
CNN
Terry Savage and Richard Florida discuss national employment and wage trends with Tom Foreman (video).
Economic Diversity bolsters Toronto
National Post
“While immigration to Toronto has fallen off somewhat, roughly 40% to 50% of Canada’s approximately 250,000 immigrants per year still end up in the Greater Toronto Area, according to Kevin Stolarick, research director at the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management.”
Your House Value Will Decline ... Good
Ottawa Citizen
“Furthermore, Florida says home ownership tends to cut into the mobility of labour. That means people turn down good, creative jobs because they don’t want to leave their house.”
Economics of Alternative Transportation
Business News Network
Cracks in the heart of a cluster
Financial Times
How to attract cool jobs
Maritime Morning
Kevin Stolarick of the Rotman School’s Martin Prosperity Institute was a guest on Maritime Morning, which is heard on radio stations in Halifax, Moncton and Saint John on July 11. He discussed how cities and regions can attract “cool jobs.” The interview was based on online discussion Stolarick did for GlobeandMail.com last week.
Safety in Diversity: Why Crime Is Down in America's Cities
Financial Times
How to Attract Cool Jobs
MPI Research Director Kevin Stolarick discusses what smart cities need to attract smart people. This article includes the transcript from the online chat.
Gage program helps woman with independent living
CityNews
“The Martin Prosperity Institute found that lack of employment among the disabled costs the province’s economy $4.8 billion a year.”
The 10 Hottest Spots to Start a Small Business
The Fiscal Times
MPI Research Director Kevin Stolarick weighs in on the best cities to start a small business.
London ranked among 'canucky-est' cities
London Free Press
“The Martin Prosperity Institute, a self-described think tank at the University of Toronto, published the ranking of 144 Canadian cities in honour of Canada Day, with Moncton, NB. topping the list.”
HECFI’s future hangs in the balance
Hamilton Spectator
Get out of Town
The New Yorker
In the United States right now, after a long run of “urban crisis” (punctuated by periodic hopeful reports of revitalization), cities are viewed positively again. An article in The New Yorker on June 27 examines a number of recent books on cities, including Prof. Richard Florida’s The Great Reset.
Can decaying buildings lure top talent?
MPI Research Director Kevin Stolarick discusses how communities can lure top talent.
Killeen area offers more ‘creative class’ jobs
Killeen Daily Herald
Fixing the Falls: Niagara Falls needs to tap into its ‘creative class’
Niagara Gazette
Niagara Falls needs to continue to tap into what author and economist Richard Florida calls the “Creative Class.”
CNN Your Money: Trouble at Home
CNN
Small Cities Feed the Knowledge Economy
Wired
“Livable cities draw creative people, and creative people spawn jobs. Some places you’d never expect—small cities not dominated by a university—are learning how to lure knowledge workers, entrepreneurs, and other imaginative types at levels that track or even exceed the US average (30 percent of workers). Here are some surprising destinations from the data of the Martin Prosperity Institute, directed by Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class.”
Re-shaping the economy -- are we set up for a prosperous future?
Minnesota Public Radio
Canada urges U.S. to look at how it handled debt
The Seattle Times
“According to the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto, just the core cities of its metropolitan areas account for 40 percent of gross domestic product. Some 74 percent of all new jobs created over the past year have been in metro areas. Metros are the driving force of the American economy, too. But Canada, with universal health care, abundant transit, more people working and a healthier population arguably has lower carrying costs for its urbanized population.”
Columbia, Mo., is better than ... Houston
StLToday.com
Columbia, Mo., has come in 11th in a ranking of “America’s Top 25 Cities for Recent College Graduates,” as determined by Richard Florida, senior editor at The Atlantic magazine, and director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto.
Infographic Of The Day: The States Where Hate Groups Thrive
Fast Company
Today’s infographic isn’t going to win any beauty contests, but it hits like a punch in the face, said an article posted to FastCoDesign.com on May 19. Using the Southern Poverty Law Center’s voluminous database of hate groups, Zara Matheson of the Martin Prosperity Institute simply graphed them by state and adjusted for population.
Protect and Serve
National Post
Election 2011: Urban Voters
Kevin Stolarick, research director of the Martin Prosperity Institute, discussed the recent report, ‘Who cares about 15 million voters?’, in a segment on CTV News Channel on April 16.
Legislation will enforce disability-friendly service
The Toronto Star
Harper's Canada does not include cities
The Toronto Star
Why can't cities get a fair shake in federal elections?
BlogTO
“The under-representation of cities in federal politics — both in terms of campaign promises and the relative influence they’re afforded within the electoral system — might be old news to the average urbanite, but a new report from the Martin Prosperity Institute, aptly titled ‘Who Cares About 15 Million Urban Voters?’ highlights just how problematic this situation has become.”
Gridlock should be election issue, mayors say
Globe and Mail
“Cities tend to be occupied more by young people and by immigrants, both of whom don’t vote as much,” said Kevin Stolarick, research director at the University of Toronto’s Martin Prosperity Institute and one of the authors of Who Cares About 15 Million Votes, a study on the role cities play in driving Canada’s economy
Toronto belongs in spotlight during federal election – but it’s not
The Toronto Star
“The University of Toronto, along with participating universities from across Canada, recently released “Who Cares about 15 Million Urban Voters?” This report shows that 15.3 million voters, $17.5 billion in personal income, $910 billion in GDP, and more than 74 per cent of all new jobs created in the past year are in Canada’s metropolitan regions.”
Richard Florida looks at Reasons for Political Divide
Abilene Reporter-News
What New Technology Firms Can Learn from Detroit Rock and Roll
The Huffington Post
“The following graphs show the similarity of Richard Florida’s creative class …”
Values of the Creative Class
Fast Company
Uncontained passion and sensible wisdom
Financial Times
Looking at Toronto's Success
WNED
How Not to 'Save' a City
New York Times
“The idea that cities can shrink to survive is all the rage in urban planning circles today. The notion is that older cities can become better, more self-sufficient places by making do with less and bringing their level of infrastructure and housing into line with their smaller populations”
Bike lane critics are wrong: Why New York needs to make way for cyclists
New York Daily News
Conversation with Richard Florida, author, urban studies theorist
kauffman.org
In this episode, Paul talks with Richard Florida, delving into themes Florida discusses in his new book, The Great Reset. They talked about the cultural, economic and geographic factors influencing innovative time periods and places. They also wrestled with topics like: “Should cities be allowed to fail?” and “Why are college towns such hotbeds of innovation?”
How Portable Is Your Life?
New York Times
“More people are ‘living like a congressman,’ said Richard Florida, director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management and author of ‘The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity’.”
The Case Against Home Ownership
TVO
“It used to be that owning a home was the North American dream. But is it a good dream? The financial crisis showed us that maybe everyone shouldn’t own a home. But what would that do to the economy?”
Arts groups re-think the 'creative economy'
CBC
“Kevin Stolarick, a statistician with the University of Toronto’s Martin Prosperity Institute who helped contribute to Florida’s landmark book The Rise of the Creative Class, said that while the concept has helped artists, decision makers are increasingly looking at the arts as just dollars and cents.”
The Top Cities For Trick Or Treating
NPR
“Professor Richard Florida, director of the University of Toronto’s Martin Prosperity Institute, has released his Trick or Treat Index for 2010. It’s a kind of Lonely Planet guide for hobgoblins. He gives us his top-five list of the best U.S. cities for Halloween trick-or-treating.”
Why Toronto is better than U.S. cities for trick or treating
Toronto Star
“Even while he was ranking the best U.S. cities to trick-or-treat in, Richard Florida was thinking how ‘very special’ Toronto is, compared with them.”
No longer one Toronto
The Globe and Mail
Tenure is for Wimps
In this Huffington Post article, “Tenure is for Wimps: An Untenured Professor (re)Contemplates Life”, Jason Schmitt cites Professor Kevin Stolarick’s April 2010 talk on higher education’s role in city building.
An Action Plan for Prosperity
The Coalition for Action on Innovation in Canada (CAIC) has released “An Action Plan for Prosperity“. MPI Research Director Kevin Stolarick and Executive Director James Milway are members of CAIC and contributed to the report.
How SoHo Can Save the Suburbs
The Wall Street Journal
Smart ‘edge cities’ are turning their shuttered malls and aging office parks into hip hotspots
U.S. Innovation Clustered on Coasts
The Wall Street Journal
“U.S. innovation is most concentrated on the coasts, with the highest density on the West Coast, according to urban theorist Richard Florida.”
How Toronto Measures Up: Comparing the City to its North American Peers
In February 2009, Roger Martin and Richard Florida released Ontario in the Creative Age, a study of the changing composition of Ontario’s economy that provided recommendations on how the province can remain prosperous and globally competitive.
As part of the Cities Centre’s Toronto 2010 Election Series we’ve prepared Toronto in the Creative Age, a more modest research brief that aims to do something similar for the city of Toronto. Its release is accompanied by an Insight on the topic.
Buses The Answer?
CBC Metro Morning
Chronicler of the Creative Class
Chronogram Magazine
“The urban studies theorist Richard Florida isn’t from the city. Born to a working-class family in New Jersey, he earned his PhD from Columbia University, taught for years at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University, and is currently a professor at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, said an article posted to the website of Chronogram Magazine on August 27.”
City’s diversity should be more than a slogan
Toronto Star
Attracting Smart People to Your Community Accelerates Entrepreneurship
Fast Company
Durham lauded for creative job potential
The Herald Sun
Researchers Propose Buses to Ease Toronto's Class Divide
Torontoist
A map of Toronto, created by research associates at Richard Florida’s Martin Prosperity Institute, and released last week as part of a series of mayoral election–themed research briefs—depicts a city divided not by political affiliation (as the electoral colour scheme indicates), but by occupation and access to public transit.
20 Best Cities to Find Jobs
U.S. rethinks subsidies for home ownership
The Great Reset and the future of Tor-Mon-tawa, Canada
National Post
“The Great Reset is a recent book by author and ‘thought leader’ Richard Florida that came about after he was commissioned to write a cover story for Atlantic magazine on ‘How the Crash is Reshaping America’ The article appeared in March 2009, the very month the rally started to gain steam.”
Why Canada needs a Great Reset
Ottawa Citizen
America needs to make its bad jobs better
Financial Times
HST Implemented in Ontario and BC
Global National
James Milway, executive director of the Rotman School’s Martin Prosperity Institute, commented on the implementation of the GST on July 1 in a report on Global National on June 30.
The movement out of gay enclaves is a sign of rising social tolerance
Globe and Mail
“The database also confirms earlier research by Richard Florida, an American urban studies theorist who is head of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the Rotman School of Management. Prof. Florida correlates high concentrations of high-tech workers, artists, lesbians and gay men with a higher level of economic development, and believes this creative class brings energy and innovation to cities.”
World's headed for another Great Reset, says urban guru
The Hill Times
“Richard Florida says society is in ‘the midst of a tectonic shift to a fundamentally new economic order, the shift from an industrial to an idea-driven economy.’ It’s headed for another Great Reset.”
Our economic future is not what it used to be
Miami Herald
Business Books
TIME Magazine
“In his latest effort, The Great Reset, Florida explains how societies are ‘reset’ during times of turmoil.”
Urban Lands of Opportunity
New York Times
Arts meets high-tech in the new Stratford
Toronto Star
“It will be difficult to convince young people to move away from the ‘thick’ job market in big cities, said Kevin M. Stolarick, research director of The Martin Prosperity Institute with the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management.”
Out with the old
New York Post
“To Richard Florida, calling today’s economic woes the “Great Recession” doesn’t begin to describe the tectonic forces at work.”
Thinking beyond job creation
NB Business Journal
“Kevin Stolarick has a four-point plan to make Atlantic Canada grow. The research director of Toronto’s Martin Prosperity Institute says his process is not an easy fix of the region’s trend of so-called brain drain, but he can offer some lessons from his travels.”
Richard Florida pushes the reset button
Ottawa Business Journal
On the rails
Ottawa Citizen
How important is high-speed rail between Ottawa and Toronto? Richard Florida says it is a “game-changer.”
College grads will do just fine: This is a tale of two downturns
The Daily News (New York)
The new abnormal
Ottawa Citizen
“Richard Florida in his new book The Great Reset notes that families during the Depression quickly bought the new invention of radio because it was, after the initial hefty investment, a cheap form of entertainment.”
Homeownership Is Overrated
Wall Street Journal
Today’s economy requires a more mobile workforce.
Toronto could use a good civic crisis
Toronto Star
“But resets are times when the fortunes of cities, regions and nations change dramatically. They are times of chaos and suffering, but also of tremendous innovation.”
Canada’s smartest cities 2010
Maclean’s
“And, says Kevin Stolarick, research director of Toronto’s Martin Prosperity Institute, as places become more prosperous, they become happier.”
This man is working on a cloud
Financial Post
“Those notions and an appreciation of urban studies guru Richard Florida’s observations of a new “untethered” workforce inspired Mr. Coish, who spent years in the traditional agency world, to open Cloud Advertising Agents, an agency with no office.”
We're smart, now let's get creative
Ottawa Citizen
“Renowned futurist Dr. Richard Florida places Ottawa among the top three cities in North America in his creative class rankings. With the right leadership, self-confidence, and a promotional energy, Ottawa will be Canada’s creative economy capital.”
Richard Florida on CITY TV
Richard Florida was a guest on CITY TV’s Breakfast Television on May 19. He discussed his new book, The Great Reset.
Blue-Collar Blues
Newsweek
“As the economy rebounds, can we transform America’s service sector jobs into higher-paying careers?”
Boulder, Colorado a Magnet for High-Tech Start-Ups
New York Times
“The recipes of other cities for creating the next Silicon Valley usually leave out a few main ingredients. Richard Florida, who wrote ‘The Rise of the Creative Class’ and studies why certain cities foster creativity, cites three crucial factors: talented people and a high quality of life that keeps them around, technological expertise, and an open-mindedness about new ways of doing things, which often comes from a strong counterculture.”
One person's Eden is another's nightmare
Times Colonist
“A couple of years ago, Florida wrote the book Who’s Your City. In it, he says that where we live is as important as what we do for a living and who we spend our lives with. His book deals primarily with the U.S. and metropolitan areas, but his basic points are relevant when it comes to Port Alberni and Campbell River.”
Ready, reset, go!
Globe and Mail
“Richard Florida says it’s time to stop propping up the old economy. His solution? Ditch the car, live downtown and become a renter.”
Richard Florida The Great Reset Podcast
Total Picture Radio
How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post Crash Prosperity: A Conversation with Richard Florida
Cities: SMALL is the big idea
Montreal Gazette
“Local entrepreneurship, arts and cultural industries … have become the core stuff of economic development, writes Richard Florida in The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity.”
Getting Behind a Turnaround Or Molding Midtown
time.com
“Strong university towns like Atlanta, Boston and San Jose benefit from having students and faculty there – living, working and buying stuff, Stolarick said. The people benefit because the university typically brings great speakers and events to town. The surrounding city also tends to have greater access to technology, like city-wide Wifi.”
Kevin Stolarick Interviewed on WDET's Craig Fahle Show
WDET
America's Future: Say Goodbye to the Car and House
The Atlantic
“Richard Florida, Atlantic contributor and author of The Great Reset, thinks the American dream might get a divorce from the house and car. Cars make sense for suburbanites commuting into a dense big city on cheap gas and open roads. The future of America is crowded with expanding mega-tropolises and mega-regions stitched together with public transit and high speed rail.”
Richard Florida and The Great Reset
Planetizen
The Urbanophile reviews Richard Florida’s new book, defending his populist approach and tackling Florida’s central arguments of investing in the grassroots, encouraging “rentership” and the fundamental societal changes coming soon.
Census: Share of Americans on the move edging up
Bloomberg Businessweek
“This is the absolute worst time to lose our residential mobility,” said Richard Florida, a professor of U.S. urban theory at the University of Toronto, citing the fledgling economic recovery. “It’s important for people to move to where the new opportunities are, because that is the cornerstone of our idea-driven economy.”
Opinion: Who Speaks for Toronto?
CityTV
“But size does matter. As Richard Florida notes in Who’s Your City? (2009), Canada is more urban than much of the United States and even parts of Europe: approximately 80 per cent of the country’s population lives on two per cent of our land area. “
Census: Share of Americans who move edges up
LA Times
“Communities with lower levels of mobility do have higher levels of trust and well-being, but they also have much less higher rates of productivity and innovation,” said Richard Florida, a professor of U.S. urban theory at the University of Toronto. “I would err in a downturn on making sure people have economic opportunities.”
A New Name for a New Economy
The Fiscal Times
“Richard Florida, author of the new book ‘The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity’, argues that periods of economic distress can ultimately lead to significant demographic change — and that to capitalize on the changes to come, we need to develop and embrace the creative abilities of our citizens in order to take advantage of a nimble new economy.”
Richard Florida's Creative Destruction, Spatial Fix and The Great Reset
Fast Company
“What doesn’t kill cities during this crisis will make them stronger. This is Richard Florida’s diagnosis in The Great Reset, which picks up where his last foray into pop economic geography, Who’s Your City? left off.”
Richard Florida: How the Recession Will Shape Our Economy — and Our Society
BNET
“Richard Florida’s latest book, The Great Reset, looks at the lasting effects of economic recessions: how they’ve shaped our society in the past, and how the one we’re currently in will do so again over the next few decades.”
Housebound: Why Owning a Home can be Bad for Canada
ctv.ca
Toronto a ‘laboratory of urban innovation'
Toronto Star
“Like kindred spirit Richard Florida, lured from Carnegie Mellon University three years ago to head Toronto’s new Martin Prosperity Institute, Kaplan promotes suitable cities as ‘hot spots of urban innovation’.”
Die Stadt, Lebensraum der kreativen Klasse
welt.de
The MPI’s Charlotta Mellander has authored a column in one of Europe’s larger daily papers, Die Welt.
The Great Reset - Book of the Week
cnn.com
“The book puts quite a positive spin on the recent recession, the Great Depression and other times of economic stress. These periods are, according to Florida, times of great innovation, invention and risk taking. So if you’re looking for a book to brighten your outlook on current events, pick up this one!”
Richard Florida Resets
wnyc.org
“Economic crises present opportunities for social and economic resets. Author and economic development expert Richard Florida gives his view of what’s ahead in his new book, The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity.”
'Great Reset' Argues Against 'House Passion'
NPR
“Urban thinker Richard Florida agrees that owning a home is not always better than renting. In his new book The Great Reset, Florida quotes an economist who believes “America needs to get over its house passion.” Florida talks to Steve Inskeep about new ways to live and work post-recession.”
Stop Wasting a Good Panic
bloomberg.com
“To understand why today’s crisis is a truly terrible thing to waste, consider the Panic of 1873, says Richard Florida in his latest ode to economic innovation, ‘The Great Reset’.”
Richard Florida Discusses The Great Reset on BNN
“How has the global financial meltdown affected cities around the world? BNN speaks to urbanist Richard Florida, author of the new book, ‘The Great Reset’.”
The U.S. Economy Needs a Host of Angel Investors
BusinessWeek
“Our economic system needs to stop channeling funds into super-risky, highly leveraged, and speculative areas,” writes Richard Florida in The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity. “Instead we must return to the original vision and purpose of the financial markets: supporting innovation and the growth of the real economy,” adds Florida, director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Business.
Shinan: Gaga leaves Rufus ‘amazed, horrified’
National Post
Toronto’s rock star urban theorist Richard Florida tells the latest Toronto Life this month that the band Black Sabbath “is still underrated.”
You Are Where You Live: What Makes a Perfect Neighborhood?
GOOD
Interview with Richard Florida on what makes a perfect neighborhood.
Home renos point to healthy economy
National Post
“It may be that people who can’t sell their homes are deciding that, if they have to stay put, they might as well renovate,” says Richard Florida.
Do Smarter Workers Work Less?
The New York Times
Richard Florida has parsed the data to focus on what makes a state’s labor force more or less likely to work longer weeks and get higher pay.
Ontario education plans don't take into account what Catholic colleges do best
Catholic Register
The patent obsession is a mistake, said James Milway, who is executive director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto. “From a purely utilitarian angle, it’s not about science and engineering,” Milway told The Catholic Register. “It’s as much about the liberal arts.”
Richard Florida, an American in Canada, predicts talent will leave the U.S. for other countries
Toronto Life
Richard Florida is soothsaying once more. The U of T professor told BusinessWeek that American ingenuity—which is often foreign ingenuity—is waning because the world’s most talented individuals are either not coming to America or are being seduced away from America by such countries as Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
Olive: Who will be tomorrow's builders?
thestar.com
“Toronto is the most ambitious place I’ve lived,” says Richard Florida, the urban-policy guru who heads up the Martin Prosperity Institute, a think-tank at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.
'Campers' plot path to success
Brockville Recorder and Times
Kevin Stolarick is the research director with the Martin Prosperity Institute, a University of Toronto think-tank that has been taking part in the “Agenda …
The TTC that could be
National Post
Kevin Stolarick writes: “It’s time for the service sector to undertake the same kind of transformation. Services are the jobs of the future. Production might move to China or India, but the financing, marketing, advertising, design and sales are still run out of New York and Toronto. And, most service work cannot be shipped offshore — how would you offshore your haircut or your dry cleaning?”
Is America Really Ahead in the Olympic Medal Count?
The Atlantic
So with the help of my statistically minded colleagues at the University of Toronto’s Martin Prosperity Institute, I decided to take a different kind of look. We rated and ranked medal performance by the size of each country’s population. We’ve dubbed this new ranking system the Winter Olympic Medals Per Capita Metric, WMPC for short, where we rank medals per one million people.
How High-Speed Rail Can Help Expand the Economy
The Atlantic
It’s been hard to justify high-speed rail (HSR) projects in terms of conventional cost-benefit analysis. But, it may be time to rethink—and broaden—the way we think of the benefits of HSR. HSR’s benefits are usually thought of in terms of lowering transport costs by reducing problems like gridlock, pollution, and travel time. But the real benefit of HSR may turn on its ability to expand economic growth, according to a new analysis by my colleagues at the Martin Prosperity Institute.
Does Education Make You Happy?
The New York Times
Now Richard Florida, director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, and his colleague Charlotta Mellander have taken a closer look at the metropolitan well-being numbers. They found moderate correlations between happiness and other factors, like wages, unemployment and output per capita.
Oh happy days: Silicon Valley tops the happy charts
San Francisco Chronicle
Richard Florida points out in his commentary on the survey, published on the Atlantic Wire, the cities that fare badly for happiness — Detroit, Providence, Tampa and Jacksonville, for example — are mainly housing-dependent Sunbelt cities and Rustbelt locations that have been hard hit by what he terms the “great reset”, namely the technology-driven new geographies of living and working, which, he believes, will drive the economic recovery.
Winnipeg receives high marks for creativity sector: study
Winnipeg Free Press
A new study of creative sectors in 11 North America cities including Winnipeg gives the city high marks in a variety of categories, including No. 1 for the number of “bohemians” and No. 2 for “super creative” workers.
The study by The Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto and Pittsburgh consulting firm Catalytix Inc. used criteria touted by U.S. urban economist Richard Florida and championed locally by former Winnipeg mayor Glen Murray.
Listen to the radio interview on CJOB.
"Prosperity" Rules for 2010
getknowinggetgrowing.com
Pennsylvania Tax Incentives Questioned
The Wall Street Journal
Richard Florida, director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto, said he thinks competition among states has calmed down amid the recession because there is less to fight over. He said that while many economic-development policy makers want to use the same incentives as competing states, many academics are finding that “at best they don’t work, and at worst they’re counterproductive and wasteful.”
A Nation of Hunkered-Down Homebodies
The New York Times
Richard Florida comments on “The New ‘Means’ Migration.”
The Ruse of the Creative Class, and a response
The American Prospect’s Alec MacGillis critiques Richard Florida:
“Cities that shelled out big bucks to learn Richard Florida’s prescription for vibrant urbanism are now hearing they may be beyond help.”
Ryan Avent, Online Economics Editor for The Economist, responds to MacGills here:
The Urban Economy
“I am generally a fan of the American Prospect and a very big fan of the people who work there, but the magazine’s latest issue, which highlights “The Post-Boom City” on the cover strikes me as a whiff all the way around. I discuss the Special Report on manufacturing here, but I also want to say a few things about Alec MacGillis’ piece on Richard Florida and urban development.” more…
Queen West's cool crowd meets CAMH caseload
The Globe and Mail
Other issues persist. Kevin Stolarick, research director of the Rotman School of Management’s Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto, argues that, for some portion of the CAMH population, it’s precisely the world outside – noise, traffic, garbage, drugs, rampant commercialization – that often provides triggers to mental illness and addiction. When integration is the order of the day, CAMH may no longer function as a sanctuary for those that need it.
Biz quiz 2009: Do you remember?
The Windsor Star
Who wrote a report released in February 2009 that says: “The long-run success of Windsor lies in Ontario and not in Michigan.”?
Nashville: Music City Still Rockin'
foxbusiness.com
MPI Research cited by Nashville Mayor in Fox Business Interview
How the Creative Class is Affecting the Way Businesses Think
bigthink.com
Toronto the good - but not good enough
Putting Culture on the Map
publicvoice.tv
MPI Affiliate and Cultural Mapping expert Greg Baeker interviewed on PublicVoice.tv
Is Life Getting Better?
UofT Magazine
“In the next 20 years Ontario needs to boost the percentage of the workforce that works in creative positions from 30 to 50 per cent,” says Stolarick. “But getting to 50 per cent doesn’t mean we have to hire a lot more musicians. Getting to 50 per cent means we have to take existing jobs and make them more creative.… We need to increase the skill content, we need to increase the autonomy of the job itself, we need to make the person more responsible.”
Montreal, Music Capital of Canada
cyberpresse.ca
Home buyers face a double whammy
Goodbye Silicon Valley North, hello creative economy
Creativity the key to Durham's future, says professor Richard Florida
newsdurhamregion.com
Durham Region is on the cusp of a brave new world where citizens celebrate the region’s diversity, innovation, entrepreneurship and collaboration.
Human history has not seen change like this
The Hamilton Spectator
Florida says it hasn’t been a recession or depression. He calls it a “reset.” In fact, he’s called his next book The Great Reset and says it explores “new ways of living and working that will really power long-run prosperity.”
Canada a mecca for music industry
The Vancouver Sun
“Canada is home to five times as many music-industry businesses per capita than the United States, according to new analysis from the University of Toronto’s Martin Prosperity Institute”
At Your Service
tvo.org
Richard Florida and panel discuss “What can we do to foster a world class service culture and transform service jobs in Toronto and the Province of Ontario?” on tvo’s ‘The Agenda with Steve Paikin’.
Happy to be here
The Baltimore Sun
The researchers, Peter J. Rentfrow of the University of Cambridge in England, Charlotta Mellander of the Jönköping International Business School in Sweden and Richard Florida (of “The Creative Class” fame) of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, used data from Gallup’s well-being index to figure out which states are happier than others.
Dane of My Existence: Madison outranks Atlanta and San Francisco for music? Easy, now.
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Toronto-affiliated Martin Prosperity Institute released the study Thursday. Dubbed The Great Musical North, the analysis takes into account the relative per-capita number of record labels, recording studios, music labels and distributers in North American metro areas of more than 500,000.
Kids choosing ‘experiences’ over big homes, says Richard Florida
Florida closed by telling the media and marketing professionals in the audience that, as members of the creative class, they have an obligation to guide society get through this “economic reset.”
Canadian music businesses per capita: 5
The Gazette
“In 2009, there’s nothing that forces you to be in a big city to play music,” says Ian Swain, a researcher with the Martin Prosperity Institute. “You could conceivably record music on your computer in Nunavut, but people obviously cluster in certain cities.”
Interview with Richard Florida
zdf.de
ZDFmediathek video interview with Richard Florida
Ottawa lags U.S. cities in wedding culture, business
Ottawa Citizen
Canada has cities with lots of creative and tolerant people, but it falls short of the United States in turning culture into tangible economic benefits, Richard Florida told officials at City Hall Friday.
Art Wars
The Wall Street Journal
Both cities understand that “to build a super-competitive, super-productive society” that “can attract the world’s best and brightest” professionals from an array of industries they need a world-class arts and culture scene, says Richard Florida
Smart Shift
Financial Post
Cities are comprised of two key components: people and infrastructure. While I have my problems with urbanologist Richard Florida’s contention that a great city is merely a matter of finding the right combination of bohos and homos, I do agree that if you attract a critical mass of appealing and creative individuals, you build a city others desire to live in.
Personality maps characterize Chicagoans
Chicago Tribune
“While Chicago’s crosstown rivalry often displays itself in the world of sports, the split may run deeper than visceral attachments to the Cubbies or the Sox. According to newly developed personality maps, the Windy City is balkanized on a whole different level”
Home is where the good business is
Another crosstown divide: Personality
Chicago BreakingNewsCenter
Stolarick used data from 2,540 Chicagoans who took the test between February 2006 and February 2008, a subset of the nearly 560,367 who took the test nationwide in that period and supplied their postal codes.
Create WV Conference called a success
wvpubcast.org
“Speakers discussed the different aspects that are involved in a Creative Community. Kevin Stolarick, research director at the University of Toronto, said the Creative Economy isn’t a fad, and that a three-pronged attack is needed”
Risky business
Eye Weekly
If you’re looking to become an entrepreneur, you’d better be prepared to fail — and more than once. According to Kevin Stolarick, associate director of the Toronto-based Martin Prosperity Institute, the average self-made business person takes at least three kicks at the entrepreneurial can before managing the trick of success.
Texas Leads the US in Thrice-Married Adults
The Atlantic
Our Richard Florida has the stats here and Catherine Rampell has a nice summary at Economix.
Hope for the future
The Windsor Star
A few weeks ago, the 2009 Asia-Pacific Cities Summit was held in Korea where the heads of 157 cities from all over the world had active discussion on “the Development of a Creative City.” Prof. Richard Florida of the University of Toronto, known as an authority on the theory of “City Creation,” received wide attention as a result of his presentation: Mankind is facing the most drastic change in its history and cities, not enterprises, have to take the lead in developing the model of future economic growth.
Create West Virginia conference tries to harness changing times
The Charleston Gazette
It used to be where you were located was essential for regional success because the physical shipping of goods was all important, said keynote speaker Kevin Stolarick, a researcher from the University of Toronto described as “the statistician of the creative economy.”
Toronto the Good - and bad and sad and mellow and ...
thestar.com
The one characteristic we share across the board? Conscientiousness, a “Canadian trait,” says Stolarick.
Deciding where to stake your claim
Daily News
“Today’s key economic factors – talent, innovation, and creativity – are not distributed evenly across the global economy. They concentrate in specific locations. In today’s creative economy, the real source of economic growth comes from the clustering and concentration of talented and productive people. The clustering force makes each of us more productive, which in turn makes the places we inhabit much more productive, generating great increases in output and wealth.”
Poverty gap leaves youth `on precipice'
thestar.com
Kevin Stolarick, research director for the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto, said the steady decline of North American manufacturing jobs means the city’s economic future lies in people who are “paid to think.”
A great city, if you can afford it
National Post
On the Bohemian Index —a measure of whether a region has more or fewer professional artistically creative people than the average region — Toronto scores third among its North American peers (ahead of Seattle, Boston and Chicago and just behind Vancouver and Los Angeles).
Jimi Hendrix and the future of North Texas
Forth Worth Business Press
Florida said he believes the driving force behind a strong economy for an area is directly related to the talent pool available in that area. We live in, not in the “information age,” but the “creative age,” he said.
Soul of the City
The Atlantic
What determines the level of attachment people have to their communities? And how do those levels of attachment and community satisfaction affect local economies? These are big questions that cross the boundaries of urbanism, economics, sociology, and psychology.
The Next Youth-Magnet Cities
The Wall Street Journal
Here’s a look at the survey’s top five cities: Washington, D.C., Seattle, New York, Portland (Ore.), and Austin (Texas).
Where the Kids Are Heading
The Atlantic
Richard Florida’s rankings: New York City, Washington, D.C, San Francisco/Silicon Valley, Chicago, and Boulder/Denver.
Commentary: Mom-and-Pop shops and their contribution to economic development
The Journal Times.com
The “value” of the Mom-and-Pop shop extends far beyond the traditional economic metrics of business profitability and can find a home in the writings of people like Richard Florida who, as an economist and scholar, articulates as well as demonstrates the importance of “quality of life” conditions to the overall economic health of a community. These quality of life conditions speak directly to the “value-added” impact Mom-and-Pop shops have in their local community.
The Creative Class in the Country
Ottawa Citizen
Kevin Stolarick writes: The first challenge is getting people to understand that when I say Creative Class, it is more than just your stereotypical “creatives” such as artists — the Creative Class is all about thinking. People who are being paid to think; those whose creativity generates the innovations that drive growth and prosperity…
Creative people help a company 'thrive' in tough times
itbusiness.ca
“It’s not the machines that make the factory great,” Florida’s father told him. “It’s the intelligence of the people that work here.”
Toronto’s place in the “creative economy”
Excalibur
Over the past century, we’ve progressed past the Industrial Revolution, survived the birth pains of globalization and have now transcended into what some term the “creative economy.” What is this creative economy?
New & Disappearing Jobs
CBC
The MPI’s Kevin Stolarick discussed new & disappearing jobs on a segment of CBC’s ‘The Current’, broadcast on Sept 10, 2009.
Slouching toward utopia
Weekly Volcano
Remember America’s No. 1 Wired City? But the information economy is passé now. Next up is the creative economy, as popularized by economic development hipster Richard Florida.
Planetizen Announces Top 100 Urban Thinkers
Life at HOK
Jane Jacobs, #1 on the Planetizen List
Richard Florida, also on the list
Older women, younger men: A capital convergence
The Sacramento Bee
In his book “Who’s Your City?” University of Toronto professor Richard Florida mapped out the ratio of single men to women ages 20 to 64 in urban areas across the United States. The resulting visual showed an astonishing pattern: The East Coast is a magnet for single women, while every metropolitan area west of Denver has a significantly higher proportion of single men.
Equal rights for gays will improve economy
Anchorage Daily News
In the best-selling book, “The Rise of the Creative Class,” Richard Florida points out successful, growing communities are places accepting of gay and lesbian people.
Defining the ‘Spirit of Toledo’
Toledo Free Press
All this begs the question that Florida asks, “Who’s your city?” What is the “personality” of our city? Or, what is the “Spirit” of Toledo?
'Talent, technology and tolerance' key to attracting creative workers
EurActiv.com
A leading thinker on creativity believes attracting talented people is the driving force behind successful cities. In an interview with EurActiv, Richard Florida, author of ‘The Rise of the Creative Class’, said European countries are battling to attract and retain innovative people.
Author: 'Talent, technology and tolerance' key to attracting creative workers
EurActiv.com
Economic growth is driven by creativity, so if we want to increase it, we have to utilise the creativity of everyone. We are all creative beings and have the potential to [contribute to] the creative economy.
The Bailout Maps
The Atlantic
The bailout is massively concentrated in just a few states. Total bailout funding, according to the ProPublica data, is $476.5 billion to date.
Technology is no substitute for the messiness of humanity
Brisbane Times
Academic Richard Florida tackles the enduring appeal of the city in his book Who’s Your City. He writes: ‘‘Globalisation is not flattening the world; on the contrary, the world is spiky. Place is becoming more relevant to the global economy and our individual lives. The choice of where to live, therefore, is not an arbitrary one. It is arguably the most important decision we make, as important as choosing a spouse or a career. In fact, place exerts powerful influence over the jobs and careers we have access to, the people we meet and our ‘mating markets’ and our ability to lead happy and fulfilled lives.’‘ Florida’s point is: where you live matters.
The Creative Class is now in Session
Eye Weekly
When it comes to the education you get, Milway says you don’t have to be too picky. Getting a commerce degree might be cool, but if it isn’t your thing, you should look elsewhere. “Go with what you love and life will take care of itself,” Milway advises. “Get a degree where you have some passion and where you’re invested.” But whatever you do, even if it’s learning to become an accountant (yes, accounting counts as a creatively oriented occupation) or learning a trade, don’t stop at high school. “The more education, the better,” he says.
Build a better think-tank
Eye Weekly
The Martin Prosperity Institute isn’t your average, run-of-the-academic-treadmill brainiac camp: it’s super-cool as well. Here’s how they did it!
Iron Chef: Richard Florida Edition
Eye Weekly
Here’s his recipe for baking a successful creative age economy.
Diverse, talented city a laggard on innovation
The Toronto Star
As we move into the creative age, Toronto must continue to build on its strengths – its multicultural and talented workforce – and leverage these to become more innovative. The stronger the Toronto CMA can perform on each of the 3Ts, the more creative and prosperous it will be.
Up and coming Ottawa
The Ottawa Citizen
These indices cluster ideas and clearly stem from the thinking of people such as Jane Jacobs and Richard Florida about what makes for a good city. Rankings are therefore changeable by design: Arts policies, public transit, maintenance and accessibility of recreational facilities, encouraging walkable and lively neighbourhoods and affordable and attractive space for creative industries.
Does Higher Unemployment Lead to More Drug Use?
NYTimes.com
Luckily, as it turns out, Richard Florida has already whipped up some fascinating charts looking at many of these relationships.
High On Obama
The Atlantic
Here’s incontrovertible evidence that Democrats are hippies and libertines: demographer, urban theorist, and Altantic Correspondents blogger Richard Florida finds that marijuana and cocaine use rates are higher in states that voted for Obama in November…and, more notably, that more votes for Obama actually correlate to more residents who use marijuana and cocaine.
The Wizard of Ossington
The Globe and Mail
And that’s a valuable talent in a Richard Florida-influenced world that believes the creative ecosystem is the answer to every city’s dreams.
Home-Buying Risks Decline Along With the Rewards
Bloomberg.com
Richard Florida, a business professor at Toronto University, plotted large US market percentage increases from 2006 through the first quarter of 2009. …
Plan to identify 'quality of place'
The Tennessean – Nashville,TN,USA
This “quality of place” is what author Richard Florida writes about in his book The Rise of the Creative Class. In today’s new economy, he states that …
The Next Level / Redrawing the Video Game Map (at a cost of $328,750 per job)
ReportonBusiness.com
Ontario has been specifically inspired by the “creative cities” thesis of Richard Florida, a University of Toronto professor and consultant to Queen’s Park. …
Ten Questions with Richard Florida
Trendhunter.com
Interview with Richard Florida
Let’s get creative about the economy
O’Connall Street
… have also written on this subject most notably Richard Florida whose books include the Rise of the Creative Class and The Flight of the Creative Class …
Going Global From Rural America
E-Commerce Times – USA
In fact, it matters more than ever, according to author Richard Florida. At the intersection of Opportunity and Culture, the concepts of Friedman and …
The Four Efficiencies of Cities
Raise the Hammer – Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
In previous article, I’ve noted research (compiled by Richard Florida in his recent book Who’s Your City? ) finding that density increases the efficiency …
Gen. Colin Powell and Richard Florida to speak at Blanchard Leadership Forum
Speakers include Aflac president and chief operating officer of Aflac U.S. Paul S. Amos, NBC News correspondent Norah O’Donnell, best-selling author and financial columnist Richard Florida, Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy and Gen. David Petraeus, commander of United States Central Command.
Analysis: Scrutinizing Portland's arts economy
OregonLive.com
The “creative class” refers to the professionals in the Pop economy theories of Richard Florida and Daniel Pink: America’s competitive future rests with a highly educated 20- and 30-something creative work force of right-brained analysts, not traditional, information-based white collar attorneys and engineers…
Globalization Leads to Civic Leadership Culture Dominated by Real Estate Interests
NewGeography.com
Richard Florida described this in his Atlantic Monthly article on the financial crash. “As the manufacturing industry has shrunk, the local high-end services—finance, law, consulting—that it once supported have diminished as well…
Your City, Museums, Piano Follies, Human Nature
KNPR – Nevada Public Radio
We talk with Author Richard Florida about his book, “Who’s Your City?” that argues people should know the temperament of the town they’re living in.
Test of faith: In art and the economy, how do you measure success?
Cleveland Scene Weekly
We have Richard Florida to thank for lumping arts and technology together, but he’s not the first to argue that a strong arts sector — which we certainly have — can lure people to cities to spend money.
Seattle as a talentopolis: The rise of 'means metros' in America
The Seattle Times
Richard Florida discusses the rise of “means metros” in an article on McKinsey & Co.‘s blog. These are the urban areas that in recent decades have gathered a disproportionate share of America’s most talented workers. Seattle is among this elite few.
Round Pegs in NoLA's Square Hole: Entrepreneurs Defy Recession
TheAtlantic.com
Citing the work of Richard Florida, Cummings describes the city’s current era as a “creative class-led transformation of New Orleans.”
Is country crushing Nashville's creativity?
Tennessean.com
Richard Florida, the sociologist who wrote about “the creative class” as such an important ingredient for economic growth and vitality, has written that Nashville “sucked up all the growth in the music industry” between 1970 and 2004, meaning it grew more than other cities in numbers of musicians.
Milwaukee take note: Gay-friendly cities benefit from more economic prosperity
Milwaukee Gay Community Examiner
Florida argued that educated kids are generally moving to the most “gay-friendly” cities after graduating from college because those cities tend to have the best job markets.
The New Geography of American Innovation
TheAtlantic.com
The graph below, compiled by Scott Pennington of the Martin Prosperity Institute, shows patent trends from 1976 to 2007 for the top 10 U.S. regions. The graph identifies a clear shift in the geography of patenting.
Accelerate the Corridor
Globe and Mail
“Ontario in the Creative Age”, written by Roger Martin, dean of the Rotman School of Management, and Richard Florida, director of the Martin Prosperity Institute, makes the compelling case that the ability to compete in a global economy is inexorably linked to connectivity, that the rapid movement of people, goods and ideas is a critical competitive asset.
Home Prices Play Big Role in Americans’ Decision to Move
The Wall Street Journal
Some economists, including urban theorist Richard Florida, have used this slowdown in mobility to argue against government policies that subsidize home ownership — the argument being that increased home ownership hampers economic flexibility by making Americans less mobile.
Help Desperately Wanted
Financial Post Magazine
“Right now, with unemployment where it is, labour shortages are the furthest thing from people’s minds,” says Jim Milway, executive director of the Martin Prosperity Institute, a Toronto-based economic think tank. “But mark my words, this recession will end – whether in six, or nine, or 12 months – and those ‘Help Wanted’ signs will be going back up.”
Top 25 cities to live for ages 20-29
Dallas Generation Y Examiner
The list was developed by Richard Florida and Kevin Slolarick at the Martin Prosperity Institute. They are based upon a variety of variables, and were conducted upon 363 metropolitan cities.
High Speed Rail Stimulus Money
IndianaNewsCenter.com
Recently, an article written by Professor Richard Florida, an American Urban Studies Theorist, stated that cities and towns not closely connected to high speed rails may miss out on economic growth opportunities in the future.
Gainsville Sun
Gainesville has grown used to making various publications’ top 10 lists – including No. 1 in “Cities Ranked and Rated” in 2007 – but a couple of statistics analyzed for Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine kept the city out of the “Best Cities 2009” top 10 for its July edition, and one statistic in particular shows an alarming drop in wages.
PSP World
The reason why software companies tend to be located in fun places is because, like Richard Florida argued in his book The Creative Class, cool people with skills want to live in nice cities.
The Hamilton Spectator
Lies, damned lies and indicators.
The Martin Prosperity Institute, utilizing Florida’s model, released a report for the Hamilton Economic Summit a couple of months ago on how Hamilton is faring on those 3Ts. It noted, “Given the challenges that Hamilton faces as it transitions from an industrial centre based on mass production into the knowledge based creative economy, the region does surprisingly better on the 3Ts of economic development than was anticipated.”
Arts industry is vital to economy
Dayton Daily News
Urban theorist Richard Florida says that communities that have talent, tolerance and technology, while accommodating the cultural, creative and technological needs of talented people, are best poised to succeed in a post-industrial economy.
The Vancouver Sun
You’ve probably read Richard Florida’s stuff — which the Obama-ites in the White House love — suggesting links between cities will create mega-hubs of economic power that are the future of the continental economy. In the Pacific Northwest, we call it Cascadia. It would be nice to be part of that.
The Globe and Mail
Smaller town, bigger edge. What does Waterloo have that we don’t? Mennonite pragmatism and an inferiority complex.
Who’s Your City? (and the Impact on Church Planting)
The Urban Loft
Of all of the books I’ve read by Richard Florida this has by far been the most compelling.
Gay Marriage Gets a Dutch Boost
New York Times
She cited studies, by Richard Florida, an urban theorist, that some of the most promising ingredients for economic development are talent, technology and tolerance.
The bottom-up process is the key to renewal, revival, Richard Florida says
Model D
Richard Florida is that creative class guy. Some agree with him, some don’t. Wherever you fall on Florida, he does make some good points in his piece in the Atlantic that Detroit should pay attention to.
U.S. Stimulus Puts Bullet Trains on the Fast Track
Time.com
One of the key ideas fueling HSR is that the U.S. in the 21st century has grown beyond a country of cities and suburbs to what urban-studies expert Richard Florida calls “mega-regions.”
Managing Creative People To Keep Juices Flowing
HartfordBusiness.com
Richard Florida, author of the best-selling book, “The Rise of the Creative Class,” and the more recently published “Flight of the Creative Class,” says creative workers constitute 30 percent of the American work force and earn 50 percent of the salaries. That’s a significant chunk of people and payroll to manage.
New Normal: Is the American Dream Dead?
Richard Florida weighs in as “20/20” asks what the “new normal” is when it comes to getting ahead in the U.S.
Building on Brainpower
London Free Press
Educating new generations is obviously critical. But to observers like Stolarick, the institute’s research director, so is finding ways to hang onto creative young minds after they’re done school.
Indice de créativité: une autre première place pour Québec
An article in Le Soleil on June 16, a newspaper in Quebec City, looked at research conducted by Kevin Stolarick from the Rotman School’s Martin Prosperity Institute.
David Suzuki: Are Canada’s urban mega-regions landscapes of opportunity or regret?
_The Georgia Straight _
Dr. Florida believes the concentration of people, and especially newcomers, in these urban areas has generated many desirable benefits, such as scientific advancements; explosions of creativity in art, writing, and music; and thousands of jobs in the emerging green-tech sector.
Yet, although cities in Canada have clearly emerged as centres of human capital, their growth has had a correspondingly devastating impact on natural capital—ecosystems such as forests, wetlands, and rivers that sustain the health and well-being of the very people who live there.
Business Week
Why Certain Cities Attract Gen Ys
by Richard Florida
Toronto Mayor David Miller recognizes MPI Research Director Kevin Stolarick as Creative City Builder
MPI Research Director Kevin Stolarick received recognition from Toronto Mayor David Miller for Kevin’s significant contribution to the Placing Creativity Conference.
The Creative Economy - what does it mean?
Exec Digital – UK
There is hope in the world of business, say some academic thinkers. It comes in the form of a concept called The Creative Economy. Two chief proponents are leading scholars Richard Florida and Roger Martin of the Martin Prosperity Institute of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.
'I Live New York' initiative gains new life
TimesUnion.com
The economist Richard Florida, now a professor at the University of Toronto, notes in his research that the young have always been drawn to big cities, and says today’s youth place particular emphasis on living in creative, diverse and interesting cities.
Where to Find a Job
ABCNews.com
ABC News interviews Kiplinger’s Bob Frick on their report on the Ten Best Cities of 2009 to Find Work. MPI Research Director, Kevin Stolarick, is cited.
Richard Florida becomes TheAtlantic.com's Newest Correspondent
Zawya
Global City’s inaugural Middle East edition ends on successful note
Ottawa Tech Watch
Ottawa a “hot spring” of innovation
MaRS Blog
Ontario competes, but has room to grow
Breakfast Television Toronto
Who’s Your City!
The Vancouver Sun
Time for Vancouver to get aboard Obama’s Cascadia Express
The Record
Region suffers from ‘brain drain’
The Financial Times
Diamond in the rust
Florida Weekly
Creative minds will gather at EDC’s next Project Innovation program
Winnipeg Free Press
Chamber touts our strengths
National Public Radio (NPR)
Scholar: It’s Time For The Post-Automotive Era
The Bracebridge Examiner
Arts council receives $40,000 grant for arts-in-education program
Las Vegas Review Journal
Economic downturn called opportunity to modernize
The New York Times
Minority Rules: Sex Ratios and Suffrage
The Times Online
Move house and join your favourite cluster
Dr. Kevin Stolarick Featured in The Stolarick Series on Creativity Killed the Recession Blog
Creativity Killed the Recession blog features Dr. Kevin Stolarick in a 4-part series.
The Times Online
Mapped out: Britain’s personality clusters
The Daily Gleaner
Another laurel for Fredericton
The Guelph Mercury
Urban guru ranks Guelph among top 10 in Canada
Ottawa Business Journal
Ottawa-Gatineau tops in list of favourite cities to live
The Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa: It’s Canada’s Most Creative Place
The Ottawa Citizen
Canada must seize the advantage
Media Mosaique
Ils sont plus scolarisés que les Canadiens de souche
The Globe and Mail
Will stimulus debts spur an effective fix?
The Globe and Mail
The creative compact
Canadian Business Online
Urban Living: Home, sweet home by Chet Wesley
National Post
National Post columnist Jonathan Kay calls Richard Florida “the world’s most influential living urban theorist”.
MPI's Marisol D'Andrea interviewed by University of Toronto's The Bulletin
In recognition of International Women’s Day, The Bulletin interviews Marisol on Achieving Gender Equity, and features her paintings.
Las Vegas Sun
Planning guru Richard Florida holds out some hope for Vegas
CBC's The Hour
Richard Florida on The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos.
CBC Sunday
The Atlantic
How the Crash Will Reshape America, by Richard Florida.
Le Soleil
L’heure de gloire de la «classe créative» par Marc Allard
CBC News
Chatham Daily News
The bumpy economic ride far from over by Christina Blizzard
The Record
Stratford Beacon Herald
Work smarter, not harder by Laura Cudworth
London Free Press
Opinion Point of View: To be economic leader, we have to get to work by Paul Berton
Toronto Star
What Martin-Florida blueprint gets right and wrong by David Olive
Toronto Star
While markets burn, Ontario dithers by Thomas Walkom
Globe and Mail
Help Begins at Home by Paulette Bourgeois
Globe and Mail
Factories and farms by John Meyer
Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa ‘world leader’ of new economy by Lee Greenberg
Toronto Sun
NDP blasts report on province’s jobs future by Antonella Artuso
Toronto Star
Turning buzzwords into reality by Jim Coyle
Toronto Star
Editorial: An opportunity to be creative
Hamilton Spectator
Toronto Star
Ontario’s prosperity hinges on harnessing creativity; Province should aim for half its workforce to have high-paying, high-value jobs by 2030 by Richard Florida and Roger Martin
Globe and Mail
McGuinty asked for ideas, now courage is called for by John Barber
Globe and Mail
Economic crisis: The shakeup Canadians need? Report on Ontario’s prosperity urges a transition to a new creative economy from the dying industrial age by Karen Howlett
Globe and Mail
Toronto Star
‘Creative’ economy touted for Ontario by Sandro Contenta and Robert Benzie
London Free Press
Report: London’s future in knowledge industries By Randy Richmond
Presenting the Ontario in the Creative Age report to Michael Bryant, Ontario Minister of Economic Development
Video of the presentation of The Ontario in the Creative Age report to Minister of Economic Development, Michael Bryant, with Dr. Richard Florida and Dean Roger Martin. Recorded at the Economic Club of Toronto.
Le Blogue de Chantal Hébert
Toronto Star
Report urges ‘creativity-oriented economy’ for Ontario by Sandro Contenta
Toronto Sun
Invest in Creativity: Report by Antonella Artuso
CBC Radio One's Metro Morning
Toronto in the future – Matt Galloway speaks with Richard Florida
BBC Radio
Changing Places – Peter Day speaks with Richard Florida
Globe and Mail
Russia’s youth ready to embrace the dawn of a new era by Richard Florida
New York Times
Former Bankers Turn to a Creative Plan B by Hannah Seligson
Toronto Star
High-speed rail links urged for Ontario by Sandro Contenta
Toronto Star
Looking at the recession as an opportunity by Sandro Contenta
Financial Times
Live, work, shop by Tracey Taylor
Globe & Mail
Where a recession will hurt the most by Richard Florida and James Milway
Forbes.com
The Triumph Of The Creative Class by Joel Kotkin
Globe and Mail
The new politics of class war point to a frightening future by Richard Florida
Barrie Advance.com
The Gazette
Harnessing Montreal’s creativity by Phyllis Lambert
The Sudbury Star
ZDnet Blogs
Economics of open source remains an academic challenge by Dana Blankenhorn
The Mercury News
Opinion: Keep the door open to world talent; reject to Prop. 8 by Andrew J. Szeri
Tribune
The Globe and Mail
Individual identity vs. the financial crisis by Richard Florida
The Telegraph Journal
Terre Haute Tribune-Star
Terre Haute area jobless rate gets higher, incomes slow to grow by Mark Bennett
National Post
If you want to succeed, live where the brightest in your field do – Review of Who’s Your City by Kelvin Browne
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance
New Brunswick Telegraph Journal
People climate or business climate? by Tim Coates
Victoria Times Colonist
Our small communities shouldn’t be poor and forgotten by Joyce Fairbairn
The Chronicle Herald (Halifax)
Cities that act attract young people by Peter Moorhouse & Cheryl Stewart
Vancouver Sun
City’s creativity relies on affordability, author says by Frances Bula
The Oregonian
The Columbian (Vancouver, Washington)
Businesses warned about growth’s possible downside by Jonathan Nelson
Ottawa Citizen
Big cities pump out university grads: study by Andrew Thompson
Calgary Herald
In ideas economy, cities, must attract ‘creative class’ by Steven Hunt
Pittsburgh City Paper
The Hamilton Spectator
Hamilton poised for global greatness by Meredith MacLeod
The Age (Australia)
Soul and the City by Larissa Dubecki
National Post
Who’s His Lady? by Shinan Govani
The Wall Street Journal
The Rise of the Mega-Region by Richard Florida
Moncton Telegraph Journal
Toronto Eye Weekly
Richard Florida by Marc Weisblott
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Creative Politics by Richard Florida
Vancouver Sun
Choosing Home: The Current Advice? Find a City With a Strong Creative Class by Stephen Eaton Hume
Washington Post
Home Is Where the Paycheck Is by Marc Fisher
National Post
G is for Guru by Jim Sutherland
Philadelphia Enquirer
Why Philadelphia’s Economic Future Looks so Bright by Richard Florida
The Boston Globe
A Singles Map of the United States of America by Richard Florida
The Hamilton Spectator
For Cities to Prosper in the ‘New Economy’ Lively Arts Scene Needed by Walter Mulkewich
The Hollywood Reporter
Florida heads north for Banff Keynote by Etan Vlessing
Rocky Mountain News
Among the 40 ‘Megas’ Denver grabs lofty rank in global economy by Richard Florida
Newsweek
What Does Your City Say About You? by Katie Paul
Financial Times
Breathing Life Back Into the Cities by John Gapper
New Brunswick Telegraph Journal
Do we need Bohemians for Development? by David Campbell
globe and mail.com
Novae Res Urbis
U.S. News and World Report
Choosing a Place to Live by Bret Schulte
The Times of India
Harvard Business Review
Megaregions: The Importance of Place by Richard Florida
Kingston Life
Kingston in 25 Years: Bright Lights Big City by Ken Cuthbertson
Business Edge
Toronto Life
Tank Heaven: Our Brainiest Zaniest Think Tanks by Mike Miner
Business Facilities
Ottawa Citizen
Raw Thought Power by Ken Gray
Financial Post
Scientists, Engineers are key to a City’s Growth by Jordana Huber
Toronto Star
Somewhere Beyond the Rainbow by San Grewel, Staff Reporter
The Varsity
Toronto’s Creative Capitalism by Chandler Levack
Toronto Star
Creating Better McJobs gives food for thought by John Spears, City Hall Bureau
The Bulletin, University of Toronto
U of T’s Prosperity Institute Addresses Ontario’s Competitiveness by Maria Seros Leung
University of Toronto Magazine
Urban Legend by Alec Scott