{"id":454,"date":"2015-05-31T16:24:34","date_gmt":"2015-05-31T16:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/?p=454"},"modified":"2015-05-31T16:24:34","modified_gmt":"2015-05-31T16:24:34","slug":"learning-from-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/2015\/05\/31\/learning-from-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning from Others!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi DifferenceMakers – I had the chance to visit the Raleigh Durham, N. Carolina area recently. \u00a015 years ago Durham was a somewhat rundown, ailing ex-tobacco community. \u00a0Over the past few years they have revitalized their downtown spaces, using \u00a0a mix of office, housing, public service, university, retail projects to slowly move economic vitality out from the Duke campus across town to the poorer sections of the city. \u00a0While they have a significantly higher population than Lowell or Haverhill (around 220K) \u00a0we do share few things \u2013 empty factory space , natural resource beauty, university innovation, young people interest, proximity to major city business and progress.<\/p>\n

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One area in particular caught my attention, the American Underground, which is now a series of innovation\/coworking spaces built out in former American Tobacco Company factories (\u00a0http:\/\/americanunderground.com<\/a>\/ ).<\/p>\n

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In building out these spaces, the planners included office, restaurant, service and co-working space. \u00a0Take a look at the snapshots attached \u2013 could help contribute to a vision for \u00a0Hamilton Canal 2.0. \u00a0Certainly important that we participate in both of these development conversations if our investments are going to be successful in the long term @Prof_Stello .<\/p>\n

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