CREATIVE CITY NEWSLETTER: NOVEMBER 2003

ISSUE 9: DESIGN AND PLANNING

ISSUE IN FOCUS
NEWS YOU CAN USE
CREATIVE CORNER
CREATIVE CITY COMMUNITIES
ARTICLES OF INTEREST
UPCOMING EVENTS

CREATIVE CORNER: Is Your City ‘Cool’?
Perks to Lure Students
Knowledge Maps: An urban Board Game!

IS YOUR CITY 'COOL'?
Some cities are hip. Others aren't. But 'unhip' cities are trying to change their image and attract young professionals.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1008/p11s02-lihc.html

PERK TO LURE STUDENTS
As universities, like cities, seek to attract the best and most creative, they must make decisions on the best investments to achieve this goal:
In the abstract, Kathy Anzivino believes there must be some pinnacle of amenities that universities simply cannot surpass, some outer limit so far beyond the hot tubs, waterfalls and pool slides she offers at the University of Houston that even the most pampered students will never demand it and the most recruitment-crazed colleges will never consent to put it on their grounds.
http://www.memphismanifesto.com/news/archives/2003_10.php

KNOWLEDGE MAPS: AN URBAN BOARD GAME
An unusual project of the University of Minnesota hopes to promotes the Twin Cities as a center for design by offering a fresh perspective of it's urban environment.
http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/6652910.htm