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Monthly Archives: November 2009
Creative Economy AZ (My Take)
Based on the Gangplank Futurespective, one thing I promised myself to investigate was Creative Economy AZ. This is an initiative to raise 1/10th of cent sales tax for the next 20 years to help fund the arts. I spent a [...]
Posted in Creativity, Gangplank
Tagged arizona, Community, creative class, creatives, Creativity, economic development, Gangplank, music, phoenix, policy, politics
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Slashing K12 Budget, Getting Real is a Bitch
Many people asked me what I thought about State Legistlator approving a nearly $140 million cut in soft capital budget for K-12 education. I never like to see education getting it’s budget cut. However, it’s time to get real. Getting [...]
Sunday Review: Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques by Michael Michalko
I have decided to do a dead simple book review every Sunday. Some of this is to just share what I’m reading. Rather than go with some complex rating system a book will either be a thumbs up or a [...]
Posted in Sunday Book Review
Tagged brainstorm, creative ideas, creative leadership, creative problem solving, creative techniques, creative thinking, creative thinking activities, creative thinking exercises, Creativity, creativity activities, creativity education, idea generation, ideas for business, increase creativity, innovation, problem solving techniques, reading, teaching creativity, thinkertoys
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Mesa and Detroit.. The Next Movie Meccas?
Mesa city council recently approved a rezoning of 55 acres at Hawes and Germann roads for Gateway Studios. Of course, it is convenient that Arizona has a significantly sized movie infrastructure tax credit. If you ask me this whole thing [...]
Posted in Personal
Tagged arizona, commerce, creatives, economic development, incentives, land development, mesa, movie studio, planning, politics, tax credit
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Five Arizona Companies That Got Some Funding
The other day I lamenting about “Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is” and this week I noticed that the Phoenix Business Journal a list of entrepreneurs that found funding this year.
$10M Sharp Equity – A resource for buying homes [...]
Chandler Winter Wonderland
Will you be home for the holidays? Thanksgiving weekend come to downtown Chandler and do some ice skating while listening to Dicken’s carolers. Fun for everyone!
1-9 p.m. Public skating on eco-friendly rink at south end of park (skates provided)
1-5 p.m. Holiday crafts activities [...]
Arizona – America’s Natural Theme Park
There are so many reasons to love and celebrate living in Metro Phoenix. We have a plethora of great State and National Parks, which need your support. We are also in close driving distance to many little towns deep in [...]
The Arizona We Want Where Doing Takes Ten Years
Dr. Lattie Coor, started a Think Do Tank (Center for the Future of Arizona) after stepping down as president of Arizona State University in 2002. I never really paid attention, but recently this Do Tank spun an initiative called The [...]
Posted in Community, Gangplank
Tagged arizona, arizona state university, arizona we want, asu, az republic, Community, economic development, Education, policy, politics, think tank
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Restaurants Are Not a Zero Sum Game
I had the pleasure of participating in a Chandler‘s Local Bites meet up last week. Local Bites allows local Chandler restaurants to get together and solve problems they face and increase awareness for their businesses. They had a panel with [...]
Posted in Personal
Tagged arizona, chandler, Community, dining, downtown, economic development, local bites, restaurants
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Phoenix Citizens Seriously Under Represented
Sam Richard has an excellent piece over at the Downtown Phoenix Journal on Size Does Matter. He discusses how messed up the boundaries and representation for the City of Phoenix currently is.
This is a serious problem. Let’s add perspective….
Mesa: [...]
