Boom Jackson

BOOM Jackson 2009 is on the streets, in local hotel rooms and in our partners’ hands with a look at how the economic is affecting Jackson’s development, what downtown living is beginning to look like in the Capital City and new features on local tourism, Jackson’s museums and activities for kids. Also, 2009’s business visionary [...]

For many urban planners and economic developers, the “Rise of the Creative Class” by Professor Richard Florida is a bible of sorts. The book, first published in 2002 and updated in 2003, put substance to the notion that the most significant change driving American culture today is “the rise of human creativity as the key factor in our economy and society.”