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4 unusual facts about Carol Coletta


Carol Coletta

Carol Coletta is director of ArtPlace, a collaboration of leading national and regional foundations, federal agencies including the National Endowment for the Arts, and major banks to accelerate creative placemaking across the U.S. Previously, she served as President and CEO of CEOs for Cities and host and producer of the nationally syndicated public radio show Smart City.

Her paper on the Future of Cities, produced for the University of Houston–Clear Lake’s Future Studies program, was selected for presentation to the World Future Society annual meeting.

Carol created and hosted the Memphis Manifesto Summit with Richard Florida, the first gathering of the "creative class" to write their call to action for cities; with economist Joe Cortright she developed a series of papers on talent, where it moves and why.

Carol was the host and executive producer of Smart City Radio, a nationally syndicated public radio talk show in which she talks with national and international public policy experts, elected officials, economists, business leaders, artists, developers, planners and others for a discussion of urban issues.



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