The Future Of Seattle

Is Seattle's fortune chained to the technology renaissance that created it? The city looks for ways to "reboot" its future.

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April 19, 2001, 7:00 AM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"Today, Seattle's leaders are reckoning with a question that the leaders of many once-lucky -- and now-forgotten -- urban centers never managed to answer: How does a place transform itself from being fortunate to being smart? Seattle's answer: Don't focus as much on technology as on culture. If you become a place where talented people move to find a job and then end up staying for the rest of their careers, then you've secured your future."

Thanks to Design Architecture

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Tuesday, May 1, 2001 in Fast Company

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