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Urban
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Carol
Coletta |
Carol
Coletta
Host and Producer of National Public Radio's "Smart City"
"The Young and the Restless: Where the Best and
Brightest Young Americans ar Moving and Why"
November 1, 2004, Hartness Pavilion
The Richard
W. Riley Institute of Government, Politics and Public Leadership
at Furman University presented Carol Coletta, Host and Producer
of National Public Radio's "Smart City," the nation's
most widely distributed program on Urban America. She made a major
presentation at noon on Monday, November 1st in Hartness Pavilion,
Furman University on "The Young and the Restless: Where the
Best and Brightest Young Americans are Moving and Why", which
addressed the issue of where college-educated 25-34 year-olds are
moving in America and why.
Smart City
has been pioneering innovative strategies to improve cities for
30 years, and her commitment is more than professional. It is personal.
She was one
of the first urban pioneers to move into a loft in downtown Memphis
where she still lives. Her firm, Coletta & Company Inc., anticipates
trends and develops action-oriented public policy. Her award-winning
syndicated public radio program, Smart City, showcases her provocative
interviews with the worlds smartest thinkers on urban life and opportunities
for cities. It is required listening for planners, elected officials,
downtown developers, and researchers in several countries.
She has just
been named Executive Director of the Mayors' Institute on City Design,
a partnership of the American Architectural Foundation, the National
Endowment for the Arts and the U.S. Conference of Mayors. The mission
of the Institute is to transform cities through design.
For more information
on Coletta & Company Inc.,
click here.
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