The Ann Arbor Cool Cities Task Force, of which I am a member, will be holding a town hall happy hour next week to talk to city residents as part of our process of gathering information to write our report to city council. I strongly encourage everyone interested in the future of the city to attend – we want to hear from as many people as possible.

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Art … Housing … Culture … Small Business … Justice … Zoning … Studio Space … Integration … Urban Planning … the Environment … Music … Tolerance … Noise Ordinance … Creativity … Affordability … Sprawl … Density

WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE AROUND HERE?

Ann Arbor’s “Cool Cities” Task Force want to hear from you!

Join the Ann Arbor Cool Cities Task Force for a Town Hall Happy Hour

When?
6-8pm, Tuesday, March 16, 2004

Where?
Arbor Brewing Co.
114 E. Washington

Ann Arbor’s Cool Cities task force is preparing a report to submit to city hall on what can be done to improve life in our city – please come to contribute your ideas!

For more info visit:
http://www.michigancoolcities.com/
http://astrogibs.com/coolcities/

Questions? Coolcities at umich.edu

“The Creative Centers are not thriving for such traditional economic reasons as access to natural resources or transportation routes. Nor are they thriving because their local governments have given away the store through tax breaks and other incentives to lure business. They are succeeding largely because creative people want to live there. The companies then follow the people – in, in many cases, are started by them. Creative centers provide the integrated eco-system or habitat where all forms of creativity – artistic and cultural, technological and economic – can take root and flourish.” – Richard Florida, The Rise of the Creative Class, p. 218

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See this event’s listing on upcoming.org. On a related note, the newly formed campus organization I am a member of for students interested in New Urbanism and city planning in general, the Urban Issues Collective, has launched a website.

Author: Rob