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Returning Community to Housing?


House in the Clouds - Flickr Image

With the downturn of the real estate market, revaluation of homes in some segments, increases in homelessness, etc. housing in general appears ripe for transformation.

Do you see a way to bring community back into housing? What ideas do you have? What would need to happen? Who would drive such a transformation?

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Bruce LaDuke

Returning Community to Housing?

Started by Bruce LaDuke May 20.

Bruce LaDuke

The Next Evolution of Networks? 3 Replies

Started by Bruce LaDuke. Last reply by e. lee henderson May 13.

Ann Coombs

IMPACT OF ECONOMY ON THE ARTS SECTOR 7 Replies

Started by Ann Coombs. Last reply by Ann Coombs May 3.

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Mark Hall

NorthFork Riverwalk Common Themes Emerge

On February 23rd and 24th, the North Fork Development Project hosted a series of small group interviews to identify opportunities for development along the north branch of the Elkhorn River through the City of Norfolk. Interview participants represented a cross section of the Norfolk community, including business and property owners, artists, teenagers, young professionals, tourism representatives, educators and interested community members. Each group responded to the same questions about the r… Continue

Posted by Mark Hall on March 30, 2009 at 5:29am

Ann Coombs

Engaging citizens in thinking about art/culture

New world... are we in a New Era of Leisure now?
What will the impacts be on the arts sector.....
Are we so "overcommunicated" we have no time for imagination?

Posted by Ann Coombs on February 8, 2009 at 11:19pm

A Brewster Smythe

Five Ways To Spot a Christmas Locovore in Indiana or Anywhere, Really!




Five Ways to Spot a Christmas Locavore
An article highlighting a definition of a Christmas locavore and how you can spot one.
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Posted by A Brewster Smythe on December 20, 2008 at 2:24pm

rick smyre

Building Interlocking Networks for Community Transformation

In July 2008, Dave Baldwin from Ohio, Larry Wenzl from Nebraska, and I spoke at the World Future Society Conference in Washington, D.C., and introduced the concept of using the virtual world, Second Life, as one way to build connections among people interested in seeding transformative ideas for the 21st century. We were very pleased with the response, and have since used Second Life as a key platform to have local citizens begin to imagine a future that is not in their traditional thinking or e… Continue

Posted by rick smyre on December 19, 2008 at 3:00pm

Mark Hall

Smartphones, Voice Recognition, Standards and Social Networking Changing our World Now

Please refer to an earlier blog post on the Visioning 2026.com website. Our business is investigating and experimenting with advertising on social network websites. I'm working on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. We are already using Search Engine Optimization techniques and Pay Per Click (Google Adwords) but feel we're missing out on people using the social networking pla… Continue

Posted by Mark Hall on November 28, 2008 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment

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