Community has the Power There are so many things that we ‘know’ that just aren’t so. Can the community rise to its rightful position and establish a long term vision, with an implementing structure, and take responsibility for its own future? Work as We Know It Jeremy Rifkin’s book, The End of Work discusses […]
Freedom of Residential Choice Do all Urban Dwellers want to Live in an Apartment and Ride the LRT? It is an oxymoron that individuals want to live in a high density environment when they keep buying homes in the suburbs. Ever since man appeared on this earth, the question of where is the best place […]
Ensuring Equal Access to Technology Providing Broadband Access without the Suite of Telecommuting Applications is like building a freeway without an access ramp. Of course it is fundamental that equal access to technology begins with access to bandwidth and over these past years a lot of fiber has been installed…yet the digital divide remains. Have […]
Geography of the Smart Region The Smart Region is based upon a socio-economic-cultural orientation, not a political jurisdiction definition. Communities function within the context of a mutually beneficial relationship to enhance viability for all. A Historical First We can live where we want and increasingly bring our jobs with us Gutenberg’s printing press in […]
Smart Regions US: Introducing the Concept Applying the power of the Information Age, SmartRegions.US Introduces a new concept that addresses urban congestion and housing issues as well as promoting a rural demographic renewal and full rural-urban economic integration. The key: the Suite of Telecommuting Applications that allows a new Freedom of Residential CHoice while fighting […]
Community Demand; Citizen Participation When you look at the organizational structure of the private and public sectors and compare that to the community sector, you might ask: What’s the point of trying? However, when you realize that the community sector pays all the taxes that support the public sector and buy all the products […]
The Challenge of Status Quo The Status Quo is a powerful competitor; all you have to do to win is to do nothing. Sadly too many people adopt that mode readily. SmartRegions.US does not. Rather than painting the walls as a new owner of an old home, I would rather design a new structure. […]
Mission Control We’ve Got A Problem Whenever a seismic change in transportation modes occurs it creates many other changes throughout the economy as the impacts become clear. When the Department of Transportation developed the freeways, jobs moved to the suburbs, when Amazon developed, brick and mortar stores began to close. Both impacts were visible, both were […]