The Spovangelist

T: Innovators live as close to Downtown as possible so they can escape the clutches of car ownership. They develop new approaches to transportation like the Tango, or set up alternative transportation programs like En Route Spokane. These types see light rail as imperative and won’t let the shortsightedness of the public or a government [...]

Ever heard of the Department of Safety in Anacortes, Washington? In short it is a group of creative types who have re-purposed a rental property into an experimental gallery space, music venue, recording studio and festival destination. To sustain these activities they operate an artists residency program that captures and develops the talent and energy [...]

When talking about cultural evolution or the spread of a new technology, you may have heard of the five personality types describing rates of adoption. This is the Everett Rogers diffusion of innovations theory. Over the next five days, the Spovangelist will sequentially profile each of the five types of adopters in terms of behaviors local [...]