Apr 24, 2013
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Emily McMackin
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Now Hiring: Best Cities for Jobs Offer Good Opportunity, Livability

Downtown Seattle

The best cities for jobs offer more than just healthy employment numbers, a new report says. They also provide diverse opportunities and livability appeal.

Aug 29, 2012
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Emily McMackin
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Best Places to Live: Cities Attract People Based on Logistics, Aspiration

Education: Raleigh NC

What really draws people to the cities where they live? The reasons are both practical and aspirational.

Jul 9, 2012
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Bill McMeekin
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Richard Florida: Defending ‘Creative Class’

Dallas TX

Author Richard Florida has responded to a magazine piece that takes broad aim at debunking his “Rise of the Creative Class” theories on economic development.

Jan 19, 2012
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Emily McMackin
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The Power of Place: What Makes a City Stand Out, Attract Investment

Sundance Square

Place marketing is a strategy many cities are using to attract business, talent and investment, but how can a city differentiate itself enough to capture the interest of the right companies and people?

Dec 12, 2011
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Bill McMeekin
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Quality of Life, Statistics and the Eye of the Beholder

Texas Tourism: the Riverwalk

Quality of life is one of those elastic phrases that can be stretched to fit definitions broad and narrow, and any ranking, no matter how objective, leaves room for ample debate and interpretation.

Dec 5, 2011
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Bill McMeekin
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Quality of Place As Talent Strategy

Quality of Life: Dusk Falls on Sioux Falls

One state’s communities are banding together to promote the creation of vibrant, walkable urban centers that they see as being a key to new job growth and investment.

Sep 25, 2011
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Bill McMeekin
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Lesson Learned: Pay Attention to the RFP

Shovel Ready

Site selection professionals emphasize that local economic development professionals need to be prompt in their responses when asked to supply information – and to make sure they understand the details and follow the requirements of formal requests for proposals.