Category: Articles
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Tolerance and Diversity – A Key Foundation for our Future
Over the next few days we will post detailed outlines of each track delivered at the Create WV Conference Nov 12-14, 2007, at the Stonewall Resort. We encourage you to provide feedback, ask questions and forward to friends and colleagues who may get a lot out of these important discussions. There has been a lot…
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Create WV Sponsors Support Innovation
A groundswell of support from business, academic and non-profit organizations is helping us develop the Create WV Conference into a valuable resource for West Virginia communities. We would like to thank the following organizations for their support in building a creative, dynamic West Virginia for the 21st Century and encourage you to interact with them…
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Update: Conference Attendees and Speakers
It has been an exciting few months launching the Create WV initiative. People from all over the state are coming on board with ideas, insights, participation and support to help us create an innovative, open culture that thrives in the new global economy. We are encouraged by the response so far to the Create WV…
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Shaping Our Identity so the NY Times Won’t Feel the Need
this is a placeholder for an archived post being imported soon
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Big Ideas…Really, Really Big Ideas
It’s been pointed out that many of us in this state are a little gun-shy about sticking our neck out too far with far-fetched ideas for fear of [insert reason here – ridicule, “didn’t work last time” or “we could never do that here” comments, etc.]. In other words, we censor our own creative inclinations…
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Kentucky Finding its New Economy Groove
I was never sure which family in the Hatfield-McCoy feud was on the West Virginia side and which one was on the Kentucky side. Maybe they were all just sprinkled around the whole area. In any case, it made for an interesting competition. Perhaps it’s time to rekindle some competition with Kentucky, only this time…
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Creativity’s Impact on Image and Growth
Byron Clercx is a creative man with a mission. A native of Sioux Falls, SD, and a long-time Pacific Northwest artist, Clercx is now a Professor and the chairperson of Marshall University’s Art & Design department in Huntington. He specializes in sculpture and taught a variety of art courses at the University of Idaho from…
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Calling all Colleges
For years, “town and gown” tension was the norm for college towns. Colleges and universities were perceived as living in their own little bubble, seemingly disconnected and frankly uncaring about the communities surrounding them. Tensions between students and local police, between campus and town planners and even some elitist hostility reigned. Today, both academic and…
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Can Hope Spring from a Holler of Horror?
The reaction to the recent disturbing, horrifying treatment of Megan Williams at the hands of six lunatics in a Big Creek, WV, trailer have been relatively predictable. On the one hand, an outpouring of outrage over the brutal act and compassion for the victim. On the other, a reluctance to reflect on what this says…
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Sneak Peak: Create WV Conference Speakers
For Create WV blog readers and newsletter subscribers, we are pleased to give you a preview of the keynote speakers lined up to speak at the Create WV Conference Nov 12-14 at the Stonewall Resort (http://www.createwvconference.com). We have selected speakers based on their ability to relate to West Virginia and our unique opportunities and obstacles,…