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- May 13, 2008: Gates Foundation names a new director
- April 8, 2008: 'Bloomberg Turns Attention to Solar Power' - NY Times, April 8, 2008
- April 1, 2008: Fuqua's Footprints Conference & CASE Leadership in Social Entrepreneurship Award and Lecture
- March 30, 2008: Ivan Schwarz, Director of the Greater Cleveland Film Commission, on film production in Ohio
- March 15, 2008: March 17 at Duke's Sanford Institute of Public Policy: "The New York Times and John McCain"
- March 8, 2008: A fresh presidential approach to 'national service': Obama's support of social entrepreneurship
- March 8, 2008: "Faces of Social Entrepreneurship": A photo essay by the New York Times
- March 7, 2008: Back to the Future: More in the New York Times series on old-school new energy
- March 6, 2008: GuideStar's "Five Fundraising Mistakes We Make with Our Boards"
- March 4, 2008: Just who *should* be there to answer 'the Red phone' at 3a.m?
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Development Tools: Arts, Design & Sustainability
- Active Living by Design
- Center for Sustainable Enterprise (CSE) at UNC's Keenan-Flager Business School
- Climate Counts
- CoolTown Studios: Crowdsourcing Urban Smart Growth for Creatives
- COSE Arts Network
- Creative Class
- Cultural Economic Development: A Practical Guide for Communities, by Neeta Delany
- Entrepreneurs for Sustainability
- Forum For Urban Design
- Leveraging Investments in Creativity (LINC)
- NEHST Studios
- NGA Center for Best Practices
- Regional Technology Strategies (RTS) Inc.
- Regulatory Barriers Clearing House
- The Art of Economic Development: Community Colleges for Creative Economies
- The Beldon Fund
- The Next American City
- United States Climate Action Partnership
- University of Kentucky Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues
- Urban Institute- Arts Arts and Culture Indicators in Communities Project
- Worldwatch Institute
News & Media Sources
Philanthropy & Social Entrepreneurship
- "Non-profits becoming for-profits... for the public good" - NY Times
- Alliance for Non Profit Management
- American Marshall Memorial Fellowship
- Center for Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship at Duke
- Duke Collaboratory
- eNonprofit Benchmarks Study
- Google Non-Profit Suite
- GuideStar
- Independent Sector
- Morino Institute
- Net Impact
- New Social Entrepreneurs
- New York Times Philanthropy Archive
- Non-Profit Management Certificate at Duke
- Pew Charitable Trust
- Philanthropy Roundtable
- Skoll Foundation
- Stanford Social Innovation Review
- The Center for Effective Philanthropy
- The Civic Innovation Lab
- The David & Lucile Packard Foundation
- The Foundation Center
- The Non-Profit Research Fund
- The Open Society Institute & the Soros Foundation Network
- The Urban Institute
- The Wallace Foundation
- UN Jobs - John M. Bryson feature
- Xigi.net
Rurbanomics
- 401 Richmond Building in Toronto
- Arts-Related Economic Development Strategies in Small Art Towns
- Center for an Urban Future
- Centre for Social Innovation (Toronto)
- Greenfire Development
- National Development Council
- National Trust for Historic Preservation
- PLUREL
- Scientific Properties
- Smart Growth America
- The Adaptive Reuse of Historic Industrial Buildings by Sophie Francesca Cantell
- The Hyacinth Lofts
- W Architecture
Archive for October 2007
Amsterdam: Cultivating the Creative Class = a thriving city while America blocks talented immigrants
October 31, 2007 by carmody.chris.
Amsterdam has spent over $68 million to cultivate its creative class Read the rest of this entry »
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In the face of gentrification, NYC and other cities remove landlord requirements to house Section 8 recipients
October 30, 2007 by carmody.chris.
The October 29, 2007 edition of the New York Times covers changes in New York law that allow landlords to exclude Section 8 renters. This is a significant change that could lead to Read the rest of this entry »
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Sierra Club ranks Oberlin College as most environmentally friendly school in the U.S.
October 30, 2007 by carmody.chris.
Oberlin College, my alma mater, most environmental friendly school in the United States by the Sierra Club. The November/December 2007 cover story Read the rest of this entry »
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New York City Planning begins public review for rezoning of Harlem’s renowned 125th street to strengthen its cultural presence and spur development
October 28, 2007 by carmody.chris.
In October, City Planning Director Amanda M. Burden announced the beginning of public review for a comprehensive rezoning of the 125th Street Corridor in Harlem Read the rest of this entry »
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Urban Institute Arts and Cultural Indicators study
October 26, 2007 by carmody.chris.
The Urban Institute’s Arts & Culture Indicators in Community Building Project
The Urban Institute has done a great service for communities around the country Read the rest of this entry »
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Philadelphia harnesses arts & culture for major downtown development: NY Times Real Estate section
October 25, 2007 by carmody.chris.
A Third Act for Philadelphia’s Avenue of the Arts - New York Times Real Estate section, by Lisa Chamberlain
Philly’s intentional clustering of arts and cultural organizations for downtown development has been a resounding success. Several years ago, former Mayor Ed Rendell drove a three-phase plan Read the rest of this entry »
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Social Entrepreneurship & Duke’s Fuqua Center
October 18, 2007 by carmody.chris.
Duke’s Fuqua Center for Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship puts it this way: “… frustration with traditional governmental and charitable approaches to social problems Read the rest of this entry »
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Carolina’s historic character + sustainability = North Carolina Rail Trails
October 13, 2007 by carmody.chris.
I saw North Carolina’s rail trails the first time I visited Durham. NCRT mission is corridor preservation, retrieval and conversion of obsolete rail ways Read the rest of this entry »
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The Shadow of Debt: Cuyahoga County Treasurer Jim Rokakis on the threat to urban progress
October 1, 2007 by carmody.chris.
In the 1990’s, Cleveland Mayor Michael R. White established a landmark agreement with northeast Ohio’s banks. Using the Community Reinvestment Act as leverage, Read the rest of this entry »
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