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To view columns click on column title. Hip-Hop Clubs: Are They More Dangerous?  Everyone knows that hip-hop venues are dangerous, right? We all know that these places teem with criminals and debauchery, correct? Despite what we hear from yellow journalists, this is not the case. Most venues – despite what type of music they play – are pretty safe. Monica@RHIweb.org, Research Assistant, Responsible Hospitality Institute, 12/30/2007, Monica Sain Technology Is A Late Night Tool - Technological Advances Lend Support to Successful and Safe Mixed Age Venues, Technology and the use of ID scanners, video cameras and other monitoring and communication devices can reduce risk in crowded entertainment venues. Alicia@RHIweb.org, Responsible Hospitality Institute, 4/29/2006, Alicia Lakomski Sidewalk Cafes - Remembering cafes and their role in society, Based on a personal experience facing the alteration of time, it revolves the change in the cafe industry and the positive economic impact it contributes to society. Describes certain events that led to the outcome. These transformations occured everywhere, bringing opportunities which can revive a lifeless city, create a means of socializing, and bringing in new business. rayoldenburg@msn.com, Author, The Great Good Place, 3/11/2006, Ray Oldenburg Hospitality Zones - Finding the term for today’s emerging cafe society, As the intensity for downtown living rises, city planning requires a new approach to defining the concentrated areas for dining and entertainment. A proposal to utilize the term "hospitality zones" for this purpose. Jim@RHIweb.org, Responsible Hospitality Institute, 2/1/2006, Jim Peters The Millennials Are Coming: Are You Ready? - How a new generation will shape society and economy, Exploring the social and economic impact of the Millennials. Alicia@RHIweb.org, Responsible Hospitality Institute, 2/1/2006, Alicia Lakomski Hospitality and Diversity - Keeping the authentic experience in downtown, Vibrancy of a downtown district depends upon diversity - food, music, culture. Monica@RHIweb.org, Research Assistant, Responsible Hospitality Institute, 2/1/2006, Monica Sain The Nuance of BBQ - How food choices can define a community, Observations on a trip to North Carolina about BBQ. Jim@RHIweb.org, Responsible Hospitality Institute, 2/1/2006, Jim Peters San Francisco Entertainment Commission - How this city manages entertainment and events, San Francisco is known for its downtown shopping district, the diversity of the cultures and foods it inhibits, and for its late night venues. For a city, or any other cities this size, it is hard to monitor the events that occurs in its hospitality zone. But their record and overall attraction showcases the success of the city despite setbacks from the impact of 9/11 on tourism. Allison@RHIweb.org, Responsible Hospitality Institute, 2/1/2006, Allison Harnden Innovation in Ann Arbor for Transportation - Don’t call me - call me a cab, The student population residing at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor calls for the need for late night transportation. Accomodations are made to serve the needs of this generation group as they participate and bring in most of the revenues in the hospitality and entertainment industry. Riders have a few options to choose from such as a taxi. rachel@hospitalityweb.org, Responsible Hospitality Institute, 2/1/2006, Rachel Huysentruyt Taxi Stands in Hospitality Zones - Don’t call me - call me a cab, In the entertainment and hospitality business, transporation is the main key in San Francisco to get around. Not everyone owns a car and those who owns a car rather not use it. Driving or riding a taxi has it advantages and disadvantages but there is a few scenerios behind its operation that effect its surroundings. rachel@hospitalityweb.org, Responsible Hospitality Institute, 2/1/2006, Rachel Huysentruyt Conducting Late Night Tours - Take your elected officials and department heads on a tour, Tourism is a large part in the hospitality and entertainment industry, especially late night tours which is inexpensive and exhilarating. Experience the entertainment by becoming part of its operations and observe what is around you. Rather than sleeping in at 10pm or staying in on a Friday night, go out and enjoy the fruits of the hospitality and entertainment industry. Michelle@RHIweb.org, Responsible Hospitality Institute, 2/1/2006, Michelle Joseph Walkability and Sociability  Defining the role pedestrians play in contributing to a safer hospitality zone, traffic, and space occupied. By creating a more positive atmosphere, traffic improvement and decreasing intoxication can maximize the experience that the hospitality and entertainment industry can offer. rachel@hospitalityweb.org, Responsible Hospitality Institute, 2/1/2006, Rachel Huysentruyt Sleep Cycles and Hospitality Zones - How sleep cycles may influence street life, Planning cities requires an understanding of how different people live on different cycles, due to work, or life stages. Alicia@RHIweb.org, Responsible Hospitality Institute, 1/30/2006, Alicia Lakomski Transportation Alternatives - Planning for growth in hospitality zones, Exploring new methods to accomodate customers, residents, and tourists in terms of transportation at areas where cities are expanding. As business cotninue to extend their hours, guidelines must be set to improve public transporation and pedestrian safety. Jim@RHIweb.org, Responsible Hospitality Institute, 1/1/2006, Jim Peters Six Sigma and Entertainment Policing - Data based system for policing, Involves the topic of the Six Sigma, an analysis that is used as a design for identifying the few actual causes of problems, improve them and maintain the improvement. Allison@RHIweb.org, Responsible Hospitality Institute, 1/1/2006, Allison Harnden Cafe Society Returns to U Street - Washington’s U Street - Black Broadway - is revitalized, Historic U Street was the center of entertainment for black Washingtonians and at its peak attracted national and international visitors eager to share in its rich and vibrant evening and late night entertainment scene. Jim@RHIweb.org, Responsible Hospitality Institute, 1/1/2006, Jim Peters America’s Evolving Cafe Society - Introduction to the Cafe Society network, The Cafe Society has evolve for decades, supporting a chain of relationships where strangers meet together in one place to socialize and the reassurance that it is practiced at a safeenvironment. This form of art is utilized to spread ideas, current events, and many other forms of human contact. Other than the U.S., the cafe society has a similar impact on other countires as well. Jim@RHIweb.org, Responsible Hospitality Institute, 12/1/2005, Jim Peters Hospitality and Diversity - Managing the melting pot of entertainment districts, The diversity that plays heavily within a society are usually the ones that are industrialized. The mix age, gender, and cultural differences are blend together within this entertainment group, creating a unqiue atmosphere where anyone can take part in this establishment. This portrays strongly from an individual such as the author who experienced this form of trend through his line of work. jewaters@state.pa.us, Director, Licensing Bureau, Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, 12/1/2005, Jerry W. Waters, Sr. Reflections on Pope John Paul II - Catalyst of Sociability and Hospitality, How religion is incorporated through the entertainment and hispitality industry. From movies to symbolic color glasses embedded in the windows of bars, it appears oblivious to our eyes until we know what we are looking for, SHaine@aol.com, Author: World of the Paris Cafe, 12/1/2005, W. Scott Haine Weak Ties Make Strong Communities - Understanding the "ties" in a community, Commentary on "weak ties" and "strong ties" and their relationship to community development. rayoldenburg@msn.com, Author, The Great Good Place, 11/1/2005, Ray Oldenburg Cafe Society and Tourism - Create for locals and the others will come, A city can be rated depending upon its objectives: if it caters only to tourism and ignoring its own will rank the city as second best. Many cities follow the trends used by European countries of creating “Gas Lamp” or “Gaslight” districts, consisting of the many essential ingredients in attracting tourists and residents within a city that offers good drinks and night-time entertainment. rayoldenburg@msn.com, Author, The Great Good Place, 11/1/2005, Ray Oldenburg Bicycle Cops in Entertainment Zones - Coordinated policing leads to better relations, Bicycle cops have greater flexible and interaction with pedestrians, especially with heavy pedestrian flow. They contribute to the safety of the hospitality and entertainment industry. rachel@hospitalityweb.org, Responsible Hospitality Institute, 11/1/2005, Rachel Huysentruyt Burning Man and Sociability - Orchestrated chaos in annual event in the desert, Regards certain events such as the Burning Man festival that occurs every year in the Nevada desert. With such an event, it contributes to hundreds of thousands of dollars to the "temporary" city and 14 additional agencies involved that help coordinate safety, residential protection, law enforcement, monitoring and compliance. A place such as the Burning Man, unlock creativity and a peak experience on the social as well as individual scale. Laura@RHIweb.org, Responsible Hospitality Institute, 10/1/2005, Laura Sullivan Making Communities Happen - San Francisco’s SOMA district, Summary of a workshop at the American Planning Association’s 2005 conference in San Francisco on the evolution of the SOMA district. Allison@RHIweb.org, Responsible Hospitality Institute, 5/1/2005, Allison Harnden