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What Michigan Needs To Learn From Amazon HQ2

What Michigan needs to learn from Amazon HQ2

  • November 30, 2018
  • Lou Glazer
  • Blog, Place Making
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As we all now know Amazon picked New York City and the northern Virginia inner ring suburbs of Washington D.C. for their HQ2. Both characterized by high concentrations of those with four-year degrees or more and extensive transit systems. As we…

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Downtowns and economic development

  • June 22, 2015
  • Lou Glazer
  • Blog, Talent
  • 3 Comments

In two recent Atlantic articles James Fallows writes about the renaissance in central city downtowns occurring across America and around the world. (You can find the articles here and here.)  He concludes that vibrant downtowns are an essential ingredient in…

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