Comments on: Old Master, Young Geniuses http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2007/10/07/old-master-young-geniues/ The source on how we live, work and play Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:10:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: RF http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2007/10/07/old-master-young-geniues/comment-page-1/#comment-1939 RF Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:15:11 +0000 http://zstation/creativeclass/v3/creative_class/2007/10/07/old-master-young-geniues/#comment-1939 You mean I'm turning FIFTY soon and I'll still be OK:-) Thanks all! You mean I’m turning FIFTY soon and I’ll still be OK:-) Thanks all!

]]> By: weston http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2007/10/07/old-master-young-geniues/comment-page-1/#comment-1938 weston Tue, 09 Oct 2007 07:09:43 +0000 http://zstation/creativeclass/v3/creative_class/2007/10/07/old-master-young-geniues/#comment-1938 Just wondering if the spelling is correct in the title "Old Master, Young Geniues"...it doesn't match the title of the book. Probably missing an "S" Just wondering if the spelling is correct in the title “Old Master, Young Geniues”…it doesn’t match the title of the book. Probably missing an “S”

]]> By: Michael Wells http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2007/10/07/old-master-young-geniues/comment-page-1/#comment-1937 Michael Wells Tue, 09 Oct 2007 03:39:10 +0000 http://zstation/creativeclass/v3/creative_class/2007/10/07/old-master-young-geniues/#comment-1937 Excellent. Reminds me of what Gail Sheehy said when she wrote New Passages about later life stages. It went something like this: "When I wrote Passages I went to 40 and stopped. I thought that was it, everyone just stopped growing and stayed the same until they died." Excellent. Reminds me of what Gail Sheehy said when she wrote New Passages about later life stages. It went something like this: “When I wrote Passages I went to 40 and stopped. I thought that was it, everyone just stopped growing and stayed the same until they died.”

]]> By: RF http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2007/10/07/old-master-young-geniues/comment-page-1/#comment-1936 RF Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:03:12 +0000 http://zstation/creativeclass/v3/creative_class/2007/10/07/old-master-young-geniues/#comment-1936 Michael - Great points. New book looks across life stages at five including empty-nesters and retirees. Michael – Great points. New book looks across life stages at five including empty-nesters and retirees.

]]> By: Michael Wells http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2007/10/07/old-master-young-geniues/comment-page-1/#comment-1935 Michael Wells Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:19:50 +0000 http://zstation/creativeclass/v3/creative_class/2007/10/07/old-master-young-geniues/#comment-1935 This is terrific. I’ve long thought that the main weakness of the Creative Class books is the overemphasis on recent college grads and 30-somethings. Of course this is an important group and I understand Richard’s rationale that cities that attract (and hold) them have a better chance of prospering in the future. However, the demographic numbers that identify a large creative class aren’t age specific. Older creatives teach, mentor, hire and finance the younger ones. In addition, many are doing innovative work on their own. Portland has attracted more than its share of the younger creatives in recent years, as well as hitting the “best of” lists for everything from bicycling to beer to green building to comic book artists to independent film-making -- you name it. But its also on several “best places to retire” lists for boomers and older who are looking for second (3rd, 5th?) careers or creative lives. Many of the reasons older creatives like Portland are the same ones the young ones do (see best of lists above). And the curb cuts I use for my 91-year old mother's wheelchair are the same ones I use for my 1-year old granddaughter's stroller. The City Club had a program last week on Creating an Age-Friendly City. Here’s the blurb from their handout: “Much has been said in recent years about Portland’s young and restless creative class—that artistic and entrepreneurial set that is moving to Portland with or without jobs. Perhaps too little public attention has been paid to the dramatic growth expected in the percent of the region’s population age 65 and older. Over the next 30 years, this demographic is expected to more than double in the Portland-Vancouver area as more and more baby boomers head into their retirement years.” Below are a few links about Portland from an older point of view. AARP calls it one of the 5 best places in America to live. It was the only American City included in a World Health Organization study of age friendly cities. And Life by Design is a coalition of organizations working to help boomers plan their next lives, focusing on nonprofit work and creative businesses. AARP Best Places to Live <a href="http://www.aarpmagazine.org/lifestyle/best_places_2007.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.aarpmagazine.org/lifestyle/best_places_2007.html</a> WHO Age Friendly Places <a href="http://www.upa.pdx.edu/IOA/" rel="nofollow">http://www.upa.pdx.edu/IOA/</a> Life by Design <a href="http://www.lifebydesignnw.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.lifebydesignnw.org/</a> This seems too much like a Portland commercial, but the same things are true about Boston, Seattle and I'd guess most of the other top 10 creative class cities. This is terrific. I’ve long thought that the main weakness of the Creative Class books is the overemphasis on recent college grads and 30-somethings. Of course this is an important group and I understand Richard’s rationale that cities that attract (and hold) them have a better chance of prospering in the future. However, the demographic numbers that identify a large creative class aren’t age specific. Older creatives teach, mentor, hire and finance the younger ones. In addition, many are doing innovative work on their own.

Portland has attracted more than its share of the younger creatives in recent years, as well as hitting the “best of” lists for everything from bicycling to beer to green building to comic book artists to independent film-making — you name it. But its also on several “best places to retire” lists for boomers and older who are looking for second (3rd, 5th?) careers or creative lives. Many of the reasons older creatives like Portland are the same ones the young ones do (see best of lists above). And the curb cuts I use for my 91-year old mother’s wheelchair are the same ones I use for my 1-year old granddaughter’s stroller.

The City Club had a program last week on Creating an Age-Friendly City. Here’s the blurb from their handout:

“Much has been said in recent years about Portland’s young and restless creative class—that artistic and entrepreneurial set that is moving to Portland with or without jobs. Perhaps too little public attention has been paid to the dramatic growth expected in the percent of the region’s population age 65 and older. Over the next 30 years, this demographic is expected to more than double in the Portland-Vancouver area as more and more baby boomers head into their retirement years.”

Below are a few links about Portland from an older point of view. AARP calls it one of the 5 best places in America to live. It was the only American City included in a World Health Organization study of age friendly cities. And Life by Design is a coalition of organizations working to help boomers plan their next lives, focusing on nonprofit work and creative businesses.

AARP Best Places to Live
http://www.aarpmagazine.org/lifestyle/best_places_2007.html

WHO Age Friendly Places
http://www.upa.pdx.edu/IOA/

Life by Design
http://www.lifebydesignnw.org/

This seems too much like a Portland commercial, but the same things are true about Boston, Seattle and I’d guess most of the other top 10 creative class cities.

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