Greg Travis, one of the participants in our first Bloomington RootsCamp, talked a bit on Saturday about income leakage in Monroe County. His main example is the limestone industry, upon which Bloomington sits at Ground Zero. For years — once the resource was discovered to have a market — local owners employed local workers, exchanging [...]
Developing the Local Virtual
One of the early ideas coming out of Bloomington RootsCamp was this thought by Sophia to use Second Life as a way of visualizing proposals. She could see developers inviting council members and the public to experience the buildings they want, perhaps even making adjustments in that space (or better, allowing a Web 2.0 philosophy [...]