...... the post-information age? Although it seems that every city in the world is chasing, enticing the Creative Class to live in their city and developing Innovative Centres of Excellence blah, blah, with these people, we still need stuff, someone still has to make it. Although ...

Richard Florida can maybe tell us! Via All About Cities Maybe meeting expectations makes “cities” happy Richard Florida has a new thought provoking piece on what makes cities happy.  Since cities are inanimate and cannot really be happy or sad, he seems to ...

It seems that some folks have become disillusioned with Richard Florida.  I am not among them .  I never accepted his "theory" as gospel in the first place.  However, some cities put all their resources behind Mr. Florida's ideas and in the January, 2010 issue of ...

Study on high-speed rail could make or break city A decision looms this year that could propel London to become a global economic force or banish it to the boondocks. Can farming save Detroit? Yes, a farm. A large-scale, ...

How many times do we really need to hear this news?  More importantly, how often are our elected officilas going to hear this news without actually doing anything? Next Generation Consulting has published its study ranking to top big Canadian cities for attracting ...

Recently voted the 17th best place in the United States to live and launch a small business, Santa Fe,New Mexico is a small city on the rise.  Located on a picturesque plateau in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, the place has a lot ...

If your chest doesn't swell with pride when watching this video (I had a tear or two welling up too), you're a heartless beast!...

    I would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to ScaleDown's new News Director, Mark Bradley. Mark has been a daily resource for the writers at ScaleDown with his regular emails letting us know about ScaleDown-ish news around the globe. I thought ...