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Disrupt ED
I have been listening, talking, reading and writing…with the State Dept. of Education about the Innovation Zone legislation we anticipate being introduced during the 2009 legislativev session. I thought that you might be interested in the lastest draft of the legislation and some comments from Dr. Johnson regarding the draft. Download Innovationzonedraft2 Download Draft2Comments Recently,…
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President-Elect Obama, West Virginia, and Opportunity
Regardless of where your politics sits or how your candidate came out of last night’s election, we all have to take a moment to ponder the historic significance of electing a person with a new skin tone and a completely unique name. Who, just a couple of years ago, would have predicted President-Elect Barack Obama?…
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Vote for Creativity!
We’re not so organized here at Create WV to have an actual voting guide, but we did want to outline some key themes that we look for in candidates who have the potential to affect positive change in West Virginia. Before you hit those long lines on Tuesday, consider: These are broad guidelines of course,…
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Scenes from Create WV 2008
We wanted to share the success of the 2008 Create WV Conference with those who could not attend in hopes you can join us next year. PDF and PowerPoint files will be found on www.createwv.com/conference shortly, but for now here are some fun sights from the conference: Reverend Matthew Watts of Charleston Keynote presentation in…
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Mission WV Continues to Build West Virginia Tech Literacy
An exciting announcement was made at the Create WV conference last week in Snowshoe – Microsoft awarded their third grant of $625,000 in cash and software to Mission WV, a non-profit organization dedicated to delivery a number of social services to West Virginians, not least of which is hands-on PC technology training. Microsoft was also a…
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Where Do Candidates Stand on the Arts?
This year Arts Advocacy of West Virginia conducted its first candidate survey with very positive results. The survey was designed to increase awareness of the arts as a legislative issue and to place major issues confronting the arts industry in the front of candidates’ minds. A resounding 93.5% responded that they believed that the arts…
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How Quickly Lists Change
For several years, West Virginians have lamented the steady flow of “first on bad lists, last on good lists” syndrome. Some people dismissed the lists as biased, others just shrugged and figured that’s where West Virginia will most likely be for some time. However, the misfortunes of the rest of the country and the relative…
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Creative Cone Awards Announced
There are literally hundreds (thousands?) of creative people in communities throughout our state taking a leadership role by sticking their neck out to instigate positive change. To honor their work and to honor the work of specific individuals who have earned our respect and admiration for their creative accomplishments, the Create WV team launched the…
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Wow….And Thank You
After last year’s inaugural Create WV conference, we wondered if we could recreate the same magic that was sparked by so many people from so many different parts of the state with so many different backgrounds coming together to explore this “creative community” concept. This year’s 2nd Create WV conference was different and special in…
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Pre-Conference Thoughts: It’s Been a Creative Year!
As we get set to launch the Create WV 2008 Conference today, we asked ourselves “Has there been any impact on West Virginia in the past 12 months? Do we see tangible progress towards building the New Economy?” We asked in a survey “Is your community actively including key pillars of building creative communities for…