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Creative Regional Strategies

Creative Regional Strategies. March 21, 2011. A recent survey of 4,000 people who graduated from college within the past six years found that three of four of them identified location as more important than the availability of a job when selecting a place to live.

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Creative Regional Strategies

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  1. Creative Regional Strategies March 21, 2011

  2. A recent survey of 4,000 people who graduated from college within the past six years found that three of four of them identified location as more important than the availability of a job when selecting a place to live. “Pick a Place to Live, Then Find a Job” January 27, 2002

  3. Authenticity & Quality of Place • Both found to be highly desirable • What does that mean? • What is the “recipe”?

  4. Dimensions of Quality of Place • What’s there? The combination of the built environment and the natural environment. • Who’s there? The diverse kinds of people, interacting and providing cues that anyone can plug into and make a life in that community. • What’s going on? The vibrancy of street life, cafe culture, arts, music and people engaging in outdoor activities – altogether a lot of active, exciting, creative endeavors.

  5. “Our” Model (Hracs & Stolarick)

  6. Other Measures • Housing • Economy • Housing • Environment • Health • Education • Transportation • Population • Recreation • Arts • Tolerance • Crime • Amenities • Other

  7. Upstate New York Super-Region

  8. Territory Assets Measures

  9. Territory Asset Benchmarks

  10. Other Territory Strengths • Commute Time • Road System and Central Location • Crime Rate • General Quality of Place/Education • Water and Recreational Opportunities • Access to Canada • Links to Federal & State Legislators • Griffiss Air Force Base

  11. Territory Weaknesses • Air Transportation System • Fragmented Economic Development Community • Universities are Isolated (No Gown in the Town or Bods on the Quad) • Taxes (State, Utility, etc.) • Energy Expended on Destiny • "Las Vegasization of CNY" • Perceptions of Climate

  12. Toronto

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