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Listen up: Chattanooga Featured on “Smart City”! Friday, August 08, 2008
CreateHere Creative Strategists Helen Johnson and Josh McManus can be heard this week online and as a podcast on Smart City, the weekly, hour-long public radio talk show that takes an in-depth look at urban life, including the people, places, ideas and trends shaping cities.
Johnson and McManus were taped in a remote interview conducted at WUTC. Said Johnson, ” Host Carol Coletta led the discussion, probing the work of CreateHere to ask about specific programs, as well as asking for our definition of contemporary mentorship and ‘urbanite.’ We pointed out that Chattanooga has been hard at work for the last 30 years, building, or rather, rebuilding a city that had lost sight of its assets. Now the emphasis has shifted to people-building, within the structures that exist. Cities across the country are competing for talent. The type of grassroots programs that CreateHere can offer not only act as a calling card for talented individuals, but provide resources to sustain and build stronger and more equipped entrepreneurs, citizens and emerging leaders.”
The two CreateHere team members met Colleta at the recent CEOs for Cities conference in New Orleans. They were familiar with Smart City and delighted to accept the invitation to be heard on it.
“This has been a program from which we have learned a great deal over the past year,” said Johnson. “Smart City offers the opportunity to engage in multiple topics revolving around the development of successful cities. To be able to share our experiences with others provides opportunity to have the attention of Smart City’s listeners pointed in Chattanooga’s direction.”
-by Janis Hashe
Listen up! The interview is posted on the web and on podcast!
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