Neil Takemoto

</a><b>Neil Takemoto</b> is the founding director of <a href=”http://www.cooltownbeta.com”>CoolTown Beta Communities</a>, a <a href=”http://www.cooltownstudios.com/2008/02/08/what-is-crowdsourced-placemaking-why-how”>crowdsource</a>-based placemaking and economic development firm codeveloping <a href=”http://www.cooltownstudios.com/2008/01/07/the-impact-of-natural-cultural-districts”>natural cultural districts</a> with creatives. His work over the last 14 years has been committed to the development of places with significant economic, environmental and social benefit, currently working in Syracuse, New Orleans and Washington DC. <p> Neil is the founder of <b>CoolTown Studios</b>, a ‘crowdsourcing cool places for creatives’ blog/news site that attracts 40,000 unique visitors a month. It has been featured in <a href=”http://www.architectmagazine.com”>Architect Magazine</a> and the <a href=”http://www.uli.org”>ULI’s</a> annual developers conference. <p> He is also the cofounder of <a href=”http://www.bubblyapp.com”>Bubbly</a>, a crowdsourcing web application, and <a href=”http://www.mobfuse.com”>Mobfuse</a>, a crowdsourcing consulting firm. <p> With <a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrés_Duany”>Andres Duany</a>, Neil co-founded the <a href=”http://www.ntba.net”>National Town Builders Association</a> in 1997, the only business trade group of Smart Growth/New Urbanism real estate developers. Prior to that, he founded a national nonprofit educational clearinghouse for the New Urbanism field.