Judith Rodin’s opening remarks | Nov 7th at 10:20am
Here are two quotes from today’s opening remarks:
In order for a society to flourish, there must be a flourishing city at its core.—Jane Jacobs
Progress always starts with bold ideas.—Judith Rodin
I like putting these two quotes up there and thinking about their overlap. Are we going to get the kind of flourishing cities we need with the ideas currently on the table? Let’s be optimistic and say: maybe. I agree with Rodin and think we need bold ideas. That being said—on my way to the conference today I was reading about the budget cuts in store for Philadelphia and wonder how we are going to improve this city given the financial crisis.
Diana Lind is editor in chief of Next American City magazine.
