Co-producer Phil Holoubek showcases the new public art piece dedicated to the Creative Cities Summit by Lexington artist Rod Lindauer.  For more information, read the full story in Business Lexington.

The Creative Cities Summit is working with the Lexington Young Professionals Association and Urban League Young Professionals to present a special half day event prior to the opening of CCS.

The Young Professionals Summit is an opportunity for young professionals, community and business leaders to come together in an open learning environment to discuss how to bridge generational and community issues affecting today’s young professionals. Attendees will have the opportunity to grow personally and professionally, build their networking skills and discover ways to get involved in the community.

WHEN:  April 7th, noon to 5pm

WHERE:  Lexington Center

REGISTRATION: $49/pp: includes lunch, afternoon sessions, and an evening reception with Governor Beshear and guest speakers from the Creative Cities Summit.  YP Summit registration includes entrance to the opening night of the Creative Cities Summit featuring Gov. Beshear, Ben Self, co-founder of Blue State Digital & Richard Florida, author of Rise of the Creative Class.

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Next American City is a national quarterly magazine about making cities better. Their Editor in Chief Diana Lind will be a speaker at the Creative Cities Summit on Thursday, April 8th in a session on Media & the City.

“I am thrilled to have Diana, a national expert on cities, urban issues and the media for this important session” said Summit producer Peter Kageyama.  The session will look at the critical role traditional and new media is playing in the shaping of community narratives and how more and more citizen journalists are changing the direction and the discourse of local media.

TrendHunter.com is the largest trend spotting website on the planet.  They relentlessly hunt down what’s cool, what’s next and what is the next “big thing.”.  Founder Jeremy Gutsche has grown Trendhunter into a trusted showcase for professionals in marketing, design, technology, and other categories. The site’s been featured or cited in over 40,000 articles, and Gutsche has appeared everywhere from Entertainment Tonight to the BBC. He’s also sought out by leading companies to speak on cool-hunting, innovation, marketing strategies, and The Next Big Thing and its relevance to their business.  In Lexington, he will address how these trends are impacting cities and communities everywhere.

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Phil Holoubek, President of Lexington’s Real Estate Company (LRC) and Co-Producer of CCS speaks about the Summit.

Creative Cities Summit Lexington – 30 Second Spot from Peter Kageyama on Vimeo.

30 second TV spot for the Creative Cities Summit in Lexington, Kentucky April 7-9, 2010. Speakers include Richard Florida, Charles Landry, Rebecca Ryan, Ben Self, Tonya Surman, Mike Lydon and Bill Strickland.

This multi-disciplinary conference will bring together leading thinkers and practitioners who are changing cities and communities all over the world. Areas of focus include talent attraction & retention, innovation, developing entrepreneurship, community design and civic engagement.

Mike Lydon, founding principal of The Street Plans Collaborative and co-author of The Smart Growth Manual will speak at the Creative Cities Summit in Lexington.  Lydon will lead a session on Innovating the Built Environment which will look at how our built environment impacts our economic vitality, our social capital, our environment and even our health.

Lydon is also recognized as an expert on developing a bike culture and will be part of a panel called Taming the Car:  Reclaiming Our Cities from the Tyranny of the Transportation Department.

One of the key concepts we will be featuring at CCS LEX is how to balance the needs of people with the requirements of the car and transportation.  Here is CCS Founder Peter Kageyama on the topic of “taming the car.”