In 1925, urban planner & historian Lewis Mumford described four “great tides” of migration that reflected the economic transformation of the US. Eight decades later, Robert Fishman (professor of architecture & urban planning at the University of Michigan) noted the large-scale return of people to global cities, labeling it the Fifth Migration. Today’s great tide, the Sixth Migration, is ebbing from global cities & towards a better quality of life.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Pittsburgh Innovates
There is still time to enter the innovation contest, but the rest of us should get busy evaluating the ideas already posted. I'm partial to the distance-trust technological innovations. There are a number of companies that fit within this regional economic niche, but leading the way is my favorite Burgh start up: Etcetera Edutainment. Team Jessica Trybus has my daily vote.
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