Cool Cities Initiative began as an initiative started by Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm to spur growth and investment in Midwestern cities.[1][2] The Initiative was proposed in 2003 in response to the brain drain of students attending college in Michigan and then seeking employment out of the state.[3]
The Cool Cities Initiative was inspired by Dr. Richard Florida's 2002 book The Rise of the Creative Class.[4]
Funded Projects:
Cool Cities funded $1.9 million dollars in catalysts grants in Michigan [5]
The Stadium District, immediately south of Oldsmobile Park in Lansing, was redeveloped using a grant from the Cool Cities project.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ Granholm, Jennifer. "Governor's Letter" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2011-05-08.
- ^ "Cool Cities - Mission/Vision". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
- ^ "Michigan's Cool Cities Initiative: A Reinvestment Strategy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-05-08.
- ^ Office of the Michigan Governor. (2003). Michigan Cool Cities Initial Report (pp. 1–29). https://www.americansforthearts.org/sites/default/files/MCC_initial2_88765_7.pdf
- ^ Press, Terri Finch Hamilton | The Grand Rapids (2010-06-21). "Where are they now? Catch up on what happened to those Cool Cities grantees". mlive. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
- ^ "Cool Cities - Stadium District". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
- ^ "Creating A District". Retrieved 2011-05-08.
 | This economic policy related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |