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5.4pt;\nmso-para-margin:0in;\nmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;\nmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\nfont-size:11.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Calibri\",\"sans-serif\";\nmso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;\nmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;\nmso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;\nmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;\nmso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;\nmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\nmso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}\n<\/style>\n\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: rgb(31, 73, 125);\">Dear Mr. McCutchen:&nbsp; Mayor<br \/>\nBaker forwarded your e-mail to me for response.&nbsp; As to your opening<br \/>\nparagraph regarding use of the term \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Quality of Place,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d projects the term was<br \/>\nselected by default; could have been \u00e2\u20ac\u0153special projects,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153economic<br \/>\ninitiatives,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or any other word smithing selection.&nbsp; The term was<br \/>\nintroduced by an author named Richard Florida in his book <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Rise of the<br \/>\nCreative Class. <\/span>&nbsp;&nbsp;I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve read it once, heard him speak twice,<br \/>\ndisagree with about half his thesis and agree with the other half.&nbsp; He<br \/>\nfaults in creating questionable assumptions regarding the success of certain<br \/>\ncities\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 success in redevelopment, but his assumptions don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t reach or<br \/>\nrationalize the conclusions he makes for all cities.&nbsp; He cites<br \/>\nredevelopment successes in Portland, OR, Pittsburgh, PA, Boston, MA, Miami<br \/>\n(South Beach) Beach, FL to name a few; he credits their success in<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153livability,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153creative class,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d i.e. artists, designers, musicians,<br \/>\netc.&nbsp; His basic flaw, in my opinion, is his failure to recognize cities<br \/>\nwith successful track records in redevelopment not related&nbsp; to the<br \/>\ncreative class; key examples are cities that have grown and redeveloped due to<br \/>\nthe influence of the military, i.e. San Antonio, TX, San Diego, CA,<br \/>\nJacksonville, FL, Kansas City, KS, Colorado Springs, CO and Witchita, KS, to<br \/>\nname a few.&nbsp; Again, in my opinion, an ingrained bias toward objectivity. .<br \/>\n.and we haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even talked about the demographic shifts that took place<br \/>\nfollowing WWII from the rust belt to the sun and wheat belts during the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dc50\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s<br \/>\nand \u00e2\u20ac\u02dc60\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s that created new cities predicated on manufacturing and job<br \/>\nrelocations.&nbsp; His failed conclusion, in my opinion, is every city is unique<br \/>\nin its own right; there is no cookie cutter approach to redevelopment success<br \/>\nthat can apply to every city. &nbsp;Each city needs to determine for itself<br \/>\nwhat is appropriate for its economic vitality (that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s my editorial<br \/>\nopinion).&nbsp; As to Fort Smith, there is a fierce tradition to submit ideas<br \/>\nand proposals to the citizens for referendum to make those determinations; when<br \/>\nreferendums are scheduled, every effort is made to inform the voter as to the<br \/>\ndate, time and purpose of the vote.&nbsp; THEY will decide! &nbsp;Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know if<br \/>\nthis answers your questions, but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s my take.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: rgb(31, 73, 125);\">As to your numbered questions:<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: rgb(31, 73, 125);\">Question 1: No and no<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: rgb(31, 73, 125);\">Question 2:&nbsp; No and n\/a<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: rgb(31, 73, 125);\">Question 3:&nbsp; No, don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know<br \/>\n(but will find out) and don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have a clue.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: rgb(31, 73, 125);\">Question 4:&nbsp; No and n\/a<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: rgb(31, 73, 125);\">On behalf of Mayor Baker<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: rgb(31, 73, 125);\">Respectfully,<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: rgb(31, 73, 125);\">Dennis W. Kelly<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: rgb(31, 73, 125);\">p.s.&nbsp; On a personal note,<br \/>\nplease accept my apologies for the belated response; I do not receive your<br \/>\ne-mails.&nbsp; The Mayor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s secretary sent me a copy late yesterday and have<br \/>\njust now been able to respond.&nbsp; Regards, DK<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Mr. McCutchen:&nbsp; Mayor Baker forwarded your e-mail to me for response.&nbsp; As to your opening paragraph regarding use of the term \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Quality of Place,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d projects the term was selected by default; could have been \u00e2\u20ac\u0153special projects,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153economic initiatives,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or any other word smithing selection.&nbsp; The term was introduced by an author named Richard Florida &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/arkansasfreedom.net\/?p=410\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Resonse from City Mgr re Quality of Place<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-city-politics"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkansasfreedom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkansasfreedom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkansasfreedom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkansasfreedom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkansasfreedom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arkansasfreedom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkansasfreedom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkansasfreedom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkansasfreedom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}