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Tips for Hosting a Corporate Event

Garrick Coffel — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:28:32 -0500

Do something you will enjoy:

 If you are not enthusiastic and interested in your own event, how can you expect others to be? Find something you really want to do and put it on at a time which is good and convenient for you.

Find someone to host the event with you:

Fast Cities 2009: The 13 Most Creative Cities in the World

Fast Company staff — Fri, 01 May 2009 14:00:09 -0400

Seattle, Fast Company's City of the Year, boasts the ingredients that we believe will bring our communities--and country--back to prosperity: smarts, foresight, social consciousness, creative ferment. This year, singular bright ideas have earned 12 other cities places on our honor roll.

Fast Cities: Houston

Zachary Wilson — Fri, 01 May 2009 14:00:00 -0400

A street, a few gray parking lots, and a little patch of unused green. Dreary. When the property in downtown Houston came up for sale, city leaders knew they could find a better use for it than yet another condo/office building or a parking garage. They proposed Discovery Green, a 12-acre, $122 million park in the heart of downtown that has reminded urban planners of the power and potential of green space. Year-round programming -- exercise classes, concerts, films, festivals, a farmers' market -- have helped Discovery Green beat attendance forecasts.

Houston Is Recession-Proofing Its Economy -- With Wind Power

Ryan Blitstein — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:00:35 -0500

When Vestas, the world's largest wind-turbine manufacturer, announced plans for a new U.S. research center, 42 states lined up to make sales pitches. The winning location would be rewarded with hundreds of jobs, millions in tax revenue, and green-business cachet. Finn Strøm Madsen, president of the Danish firm's tech division, wanted a site near big-name universities, so Massachusetts (MIT) and California (Caltech, Berkeley) seemed obvious choices. Portland, Oregon, was already home to Vestas Americas' headquarters. But in June, Vestas picked Houston.