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Making Beautiful Places: Fostering Inclusive Innovation through Place-Based Ecosystem Development (<i>Innovations Case Narrative</i>: Bull City Forward, Forward Cities, and Forward Impact)

Highlights

  • Take a look at the nation’s cities and you will see some marked differences

  • Dynamic process that requires continual adaptation and innovation. This common future depends on leaders who can shape new solutions to emerging challenges and revitalize our communities in ways that benefit all stakeholders

  • A century ago, the Sufi mystic Hazrat Inayat Khan wrote, “Some people look for a beautiful place, others make a place beautiful.”

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Take a look at the nation’s cities and you will see some marked differences. Some urban ecosystems, like Seattle, Palo Alto, Austin, and Boston, have emerged as meccas for talent and investment and are buzzing with startups, fast-track companies, and entrepreneurial activity. Christopher Gergen is CEO of Forward Impact, which develops entrepreneurial working and living communities, and the cofounder of Forward Cities, a national learning collaborative focused on building inclusive innovation economies.

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