The best cities for jobs offer more than just healthy employment numbers, a new report says. They also provide diverse opportunities and livability appeal.
The best cities for jobs offer more than just healthy employment numbers, a new report says. They also provide diverse opportunities and livability appeal.
What really draws people to the cities where they live? The reasons are both practical and aspirational.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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