The Future Of Seattle
19 April 2001 - 7:00am
Is Seattle's fortune chained to the technology renaissance that created it? The city looks for ways to "reboot" its future.
"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."
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Seattle Reboots Its Future
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Fast Company, May 1, 2001
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