Can the Creative Class Rise in Roanoke?

Almost two years ago, this column referenced Richard Florida and his book The Rise of the Creative Class. Since then, he has published another bestseller, Who’s Your City?.  He has also developed a robust consultancy called the Creative Class Group.
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Roanoke’s Social Graph

About 270,000 people live in the Roanoke area.  You can find 63,603 of them on facebook. That would mean that about one in four people in Roanoke has, at a minimum, some degree of computer literacy and awareness of social networking.
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