The Toronto-based urban theorist Richard Florida has built a small empire promoting the idea that in today's highly fluid modern economy, those communities that fully embrace the creative class - the artists and architects, IT professionals and digital pioneers - are the only ones with much of a future.
His central idea is not without its critics (in part because Florida has a habit of tailoring his creativity pitch for whomever is paying his speaking fees), but it nonetheless remains quite potent. Unleashing the creativity of a city's residents can have profound consequences, especially if the reputation of the city is transformed in the process.
Now here's a thought: If cities can be transformed by unleashing the full potential of their creative class, no other community in New Brunswick is better positioned to achieve this than Saint John.
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