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Understanding the Importance of Context
At CEOs for Cities, we understand that data are only a piece of the city success story. We feel the need to make some clarifications in light of a blog post published on Gambit, a publication found...
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Transit-Oriented Development in Cleveland’s Urban Core
Photo via Institute for the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) As Cleveland’s inner city population has yet to stabilize, despite a massive influx of young professionals, the...
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Startup Competition Fosters Culture of Innovation in Cleveland and Beyond
Photo via Flickr User DeclanTM Innovation in so many ways is seen as the key to driving economic growth in America’s cities. In fact, us here at CEOs for Cities truly believe that it is one of the...
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Balancing the New Old American City
Photo via Flickr User Soupstance The focus of city revitalization efforts and policy prescription as of late has increasingly been focused on young professionals— in order to cultivate creative talent...
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Dealing with Dichotomies: Toward Understanding
Photo via Lanpernas Dospuntotzero Oppositional categories have been in existence throughout all of history: dark vs. light, good vs. evil, male vs. female—these are some of the usual suspects when we...
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Lee Fisher Explains the Secret Sauce of City Success
On March 1, 2013, listeners at the City Club of Cleveland waited eagerly to watch our President and CEO, Lee Fisher, unveil the secret sauce of City Success. You too can discover the recipe of the...
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Matchmaking for Good: Crowdsourcing and Revitalization
Photo via Jason Paris “Right now, in your community, at this very moment, there is someone who is dreaming about doing something to improve his or her lot,” Ernesto Sirolli wrote on the rebirth of...
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Lee Fisher Explains the Secret Sauce of City Success
On March 1, 2013, listeners at the City Club of Cleveland waited eagerly to watch our President and CEO, Lee Fisher, unveil the secret sauce of City Success. You too can discover the recipe of the...
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Interactive Mapping: Tools for Building Community
The growth and popularity of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) has led to growth in map availability with increasing ease of use. As more and more people become familiar with GIS programs, they can...
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City Disrupters
154 years ago, Charles Dickens, in A Tale of Two Cities, wrote in part: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, It was the epoch...
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Civic Data Challenge Launches!
Image via Civic Data Challenge Challenge Yourself: Use Civic Data to Meet Community Needs The 2013 Civic Data Challenge launches today at the Data Visualization Summit in San Francisco. The Challenge...
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Livability Rankings in the U.S. and Worldwide
Photo by Flickr user James A number of entities gives cities in the US and abroad scores for livability based on a variety of criteria. Use these resources to find out how livable your city is!...
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Livability Rankings in the U.S. and Worldwide
Authored by: Michelle Connavino and Alexandra Malkin Photo by Flickr user James A number of entities give cities in the U.S. and abroad scores for livability based on a variety of criteria. Use these...
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What signs do – and don’t – tell us about America’s parking
Authored by Conrad Lumm Photo by Elliott Brown What do we really know about parking? Of everything that the responsible urban planner has to think about, parking can be the most vexing. Incredibly, no...
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Interview: Reid Ewing, Author of Pedestrian and Transit-Oriented Design
There are many great books you could use to kick off your summer reading—and those of you interested in urban design may be excited to get your hands on Pedestrian and Transit-Oriented Design—a joint...
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Bootstrap Urbanism in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City’s urban revival is characterized by a uniquely Oklahoman strive to pull oneself up by the bootstraps. The secret to Oklahoma City’s success is simply empowering grassroots urban pioneers...
View ArticleThe Gender Pay Gap, Happiness, and What it Could Mean for Profits
Earlier this week, June 10th, we celebrated the 50th anniversary of The Equal Pay Act being signed into national law. Women and their influence in the workforce have come a long way since the bill...
View ArticleThe Gender Pay Gap, Happiness, and What it Could Mean for Profits
Earlier this week, June 10th, we celebrated the 50th anniversary of The Equal Pay Act being signed into national law. Women and their influence in the workforce have come a long way since the bill...
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Matchmaking for Good: Crowdsourcing and Revitalization
Photo via Jason Paris “Right now, in your community, at this very moment, there is someone who is dreaming about doing something to improve his or her lot,” Ernesto Sirolli wrote on the rebirth of...
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The Gender Pay Gap, Happiness, and What it Could Mean for Profits
Earlier this week, June 10th, we celebrated the 50th anniversary of The Equal Pay Act being signed into national law. Women and their influence in the workforce have come a long way since the bill...
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