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Amenities, Diversity Are Key Ingredients of Innovation Communities - Urban Land Magazine
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There is no “secret sauce” vital to creating an innovation community, but certain ingredients are necessary, ULI members were told during the 2018 ULI Fall Meeting in Boston.8th Annual Watchemoket Square Day is perfect examples of how public spaces and events enhance promote strong civic relationships.
Social infrastructure is a set of physical places and organizations that shape our interactions. When social infrastructure is robust, it fosters all kinds of social interactions, helps build relationships, and turns community from a vague, fuzzy concept into a lived experience. When social infrastructure is degraded and neglected, it makes it far more likely that we will grow isolated and be left to fend for ourselves.
Why 'Social Infrastructure' Is the Key to Renewing Civil Society
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Eric Klinenberg, author of "Palaces for the People," talks about how schools, libraries, and other institutions can restore a sense of common purpose in America.The Opportunity Zone designation will only enhance the development prospects and will draw even further attention from investors who are attracted to the amenities, accessibility and proximity of the properties within the Waterfront District.
nerej.com/qualified-opportunity-zones-approved-in-east-providence-by-diane-feather
A 75% increase in average attendance from a year ago with tangible benefits to surrounding local businesses. The venue has also raised the awareness and the development potential of this attractive area within the Waterfront District.
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Attendance spikes at East Providence concert venue
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The average concert attendance per show in 2018 is 2,601 compared to last year's average concert attendance, which was 1,574, according to Waterfront Events.Cultural events and arts now being recognized as vital drivers for economic development.
www.newamerica.org/weekly/edition-213/future-cities-how-communities-rebound/
One of the biggest surprises for me in our travels probably shouldn't have come as a surprise, but it did. That is the role of arts and culture in today's civic renaissance, both in intensifying the intangible sense of place-ness and in the practical work of economic development. In my decades of reporting in the United States and around the world, I've usually concentrated on "hard" development – airports, factories, tech start-up zones – and had not paid as much attention to the role of the arts as I should. But place after place, we were struck by the role of public art, of cultural events, and what is now called "place making."
The Future of Cities: How Communities Rebound
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For The Catalyst, William McKenzie speaks with James Fallows about how a strong civic narrative is essential to a town's rebirth.