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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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Commentary on Whats Wrong With Downtown Phoenix
Last week Tyler Hurst made a post on what’s wrong with downtown Phoenix. There is certainly one thing he got absolutely right, “Downtown Phoenix isn’t about businesses, buildings or parks. It’s about people. Those that live, work and/or play here [...]
Posted in Community, Personal
Tagged arizona, Community, creative class, creatives, downtown, economic development, motivation, phoenix
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No Creative Left Behind…
I had planned to release this post in a week or two, but I am jumping it up in the queue after hearing Brent Spore’s “Social Media Universe” session at PodCamp. This is largely to refute those people who think [...]
Posted in Community, Creativity, Gangplank
Tagged bohemians, creative class, creatives, data, maricopa county
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It’s Not About Startups. It’s about changing the world.
Arizona’s insanity of creating a future based on speculative building is nearing an end. The days of growth economics are behind us. Will it leave a handful of new Arizona ghost towns in it’s wake or will there be a [...]
Posted in Community, Gangplank
Tagged arizona, creative class, creatives, economic development
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