I was honored to present at TEDx Huntsville on Sept 7, 2014. I presented the case of the cultural renaissance that is brewing in our city which comes from the intersection of our decades long inbound migration of people with advanced degrees and our millenial generation children. You can see me at 1:03 on session II here http://new.livestream.com/tedx/events/3357284

1. T h e c a s e f o r a
WeIRd
H u nt s v i l l e

2. weird
awful
atypical
creepy
eccentric
eerie
freaky
horrific
mysterious
outlandish
original
peculiar
unusual
strange
unnatural
grotesque
unique
occult
dreadful
unconventional
fearful
flaky
inscrutable
kinky
ominous
unearthly
spooky

3. weird
atypical
original
unusual
unconventional
unique
different

4. The
Elephant
In the
Room Photo by Chris Hills – Flickr

6. netmigration.wisc.edu
The Applied Population Laboratory – University of Wisconsin-Madison

7. netmigration.wisc.edu
The Applied Population Laboratory – University of Wisconsin-Madison

8. netmigration.wisc.edu
The Applied Population Laboratory – University of Wisconsin-Madison

9. netmigration.wisc.edu
The Applied Population Laboratory – University of Wisconsin-Madison

10. netmigration.wisc.edu
The Applied Population Laboratory – University of Wisconsin-Madison

11. netmigration.wisc.edu
The Applied Population Laboratory – University of Wisconsin-Madison

12. Migration Patterns 2012-2013
www.citilab.com/posts/maps
Richard Florida, Martin Prosperity Institute

13. NASA– wikipedia.org
Traditional
Weird

14. clustermapping.us
US Cluster Mapping
Project, Harvard
Business School
clustermapping.us
US Cluster Mapping Project, Harvard Business School

15. Leon Kennedy Photography
Who’s
Weird ?

16. New
Weird!
Rich Ortiz – ONE Unity Media

17. Huntsville
Age
Distribution
2000
10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000
Male Population Female
90+
85-89
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35.39
30-34
25-29
20-24
15-19
10-14
5-9
<5
bigpicturehuntsville.com
City of Huntsville – Planning

18. Huntsville
Age
Distribution
2012
10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000
Male Population Female
90+
85-89
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35.39
30-34
25-29
20-24
15-19
10-14
5-9
<5
bigpicturehuntsville.com
City of Huntsville – Planning

19. Already
Weird ?
Tamara Evans– Flickr

20. Design
Food
Beer
Music
Film
Fashion
Gaming
Makers
Farming
Startups
Local
Art
Antonio Montoya – Rocket Hatch

21. Let’s Get
WeIRd