The Atlantic posted a news article today "Where the Good and Bad Jobs Will Be, 10 Years From Now" http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2014/02/where-good-and-bad-jobs-will-be-10-years-now/8470/
While predicting job growth over 10% in our area and showing a continued growth in service industry jobs, the article highlighted something really interesting about our area .... the growth of creative class jobs:
(http://cdn.theatlanticcities.com/img/upload/2014/02/21/growth%20-%20creative%20class.jpg)
Quote from: icarus on February 25, 2014, 02:03:13 PM
While predicting job growth over 10% in our area and showing a continued growth in service industry jobs, the article highlighted something really interesting about our area .... the growth of creative class jobs
When you are starting from a low base, it's relatively easy to have large percentage-wise growth.
Creative class? Who is this? Am I one? Are there dues? Is there a website? 8)
Quote from: BridgeTroll on February 26, 2014, 12:31:23 PM
Is there a website?
Why, yes. Yes there is: http://www.creativeclass.com/
;D
Quote from: finehoe on February 26, 2014, 02:39:44 PM
Quote from: BridgeTroll on February 26, 2014, 12:31:23 PM
Is there a website?
Why, yes. Yes there is: http://www.creativeclass.com/
;D
Richard Florida's Creative Class book, Flight of the Creative Class book & Who's Your City perfectly explains the creative class and the prosperous cities of today & the future are understanding the creative class.
When The Rise of the Creative Class came out in 2002, I sent a copy to every member of the Jacksonville City Council, suggesting they might get some economic development ideas out of it.
Tellingly, not a single one replied or acknowledged it.
Why the need to "classify" people?
Quote from: finehoe on February 28, 2014, 09:45:41 AM
When The Rise of the Creative Class came out in 2002, I sent a copy to every member of the Jacksonville City Council, suggesting they might get some economic development ideas out of it.
Tellingly, not a single one replied or acknowledged it.
That figures. The creative class is highly responsible for fueling the growth of new (to Jax) industries (ex. food trucks, craft breweries, etc.) this city has been working harder to restrict.
Seems like I've heard this before. Perhaps we'll have to think "out of the box" to understand it.