TONIC Business Breakfast
Networking Event with Charles Landry - MHS Homes, Broadside House, Leviathan Way, Chatham Maritime ME4 4LL from 7.30am Friday 26th June 2009
On 26th June there was a special networking breakfast with Charles Landry. Charles developed the concept of the creative city. Its central idea is how cities in transformation can think, plan and act with more imagination in order to address the dramatic changes happening around them. Charles helps cities transform their thinking so that they reassess their potential and can plan their future with greater purpose and originality. He assesses the interplay and the impacts of deeper global trends, and attempts to ground these in practical initiatives. He is an authority on creativity and its uses and how city futures are shaped by paying attention to the culture of a place. He inspires, stimulates, challenges and facilitates transformation.
He is the director of Comedia and advises cities on creative approaches to planning, economy, social inclusion, culture and local identity. Charles is an authority on creativity and its uses and how city futures are shaped by paying attention to the culture of a place. His recent book The Art of City Making (September 2006) now in its third edition and published by Earthscan has been highly acclaimed. It focuses on how cities can be more "creative for the world" so that the energies of individuals and companies can be brought into alignment with their global responsibilities.
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