Shyam Kannan – PlaceMakers

Finally Thinkin’ Small: But can we build on what we’ve learned?

By PlaceMakers | November 5, 2012 |

As soon as the destructive path of Hurricane Sandy became evident, I got emails and calls from colleagues who, like me, worked in disaster recovery situations on the Gulf Coast. When the clean-up gets underway, could this be an opportunity for the Eastern Seaboard states to apply some of the rebuilding lessons of the Gulf…

Why Generation Y is Causing the Great Migration of the 21st Century

By PlaceMakers | April 9, 2012 |

Just after the close of World War II, the last Great Migration in the United States — the move from the city to the new suburbs — began to emerge, fueled by new roads, low congestion, and modest energy costs. It was a new beginning, a chance to shake off the past, and it came…