Companies operating in urban communities have a tremendous ripple effect.
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I certainly think it's really important that folks in the metropolitan area be able to meet the increased cost of living.
I suspect that many corporations have begun to understand that they have an important role to play in the lives of their communities, and that allocating funds to support local groups helps them discharge that function and also burnish their image.
It would be great to take one city street and turn it into a pedestrian corridor and see what kind of effect it has on the businesses in that area - It's the future I think.
I've tended to work at fast-growing companies that improve the way business gets done.
I believe business has to do well and that the surrounding communities do well.
Livable neighborhoods with a vibrant street life will stimulate our economic life as well.
Two-thirds of all growth takes place in cities because, by simple fact of population density, our urban spaces are perfect innovation labs. The modern metropolis is jam-packed. People are living atop one another; their ideas are as well.
Big companies have always needed and cooperated in areas where it made sense.
A local company has more accountability.
Cities tolerate crazy people. Companies don't.