Tag: Quality of Place
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Massachusetts Hires Creative Economy Director
Massachusetts, already a key leader in the creative economy, has kicked things up a notch by creating a new creative economy director role. The position will work in the Office of Business Development as one of several industry directors responsible for key Massachusetts sectors such as biotechnology, defense, and technology. According to the Boston Globe,…
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Resource Track Leader 2008: Herk Conner
Continuing in our non-run-of-the-mill names for Track Leaders we offer for your consideration Herk, the only one I know (we are trying to get Tim & Jeff to change their names). Herk and I formed a mutual admiration club a few years ago when I became a last minute replacement speaker for one of his…
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Flint MI Rejuvenates Through Public Spaces
Nice story in the Project for Public Spaces newsletter on Flint, Michigan, and their efforts to renew their community after years of decline in the post-auto manufacturing era. A great quote from the story is instructive to our efforts here in West Virginia: “Flint originally built itself around the car and, after General Motors left…
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Diversity Leadership Academy Seeks Applicants
We’ve discussed at length here at Create WV the positive benefits of embracing diversity and the negative effects of not planning for it. We are pleased to share an initiative that is being launched in the Kanawha Valley called the Diversity Leadership Academy. Please note the deadline of June 18 for applications! It is with…
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Who is Dane Klingaman?
If you don’t know, you will soon enough. That’s because the Creative Communities team is preparing to blanket the state with CreateWV Conference materials that feature the abstract paintings of this talented newcomer. createwv.typepad.com For samples of Dane’s work, see www.daneklingaman.com. Apart from pure skill, there is another reason why I’m proud the CreateWV Conference…
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One key to a bright future is a healthy shot of people in the creative class!”- Kevin Stolarick
www.Kiplinger.com recently published an article about the best cities to live in for 2008. What was most interesting about this was the simple criteria by which they use to judge and come up with their list. They pointed out 3 key ingredients that are necessary for the formula to create the best city: 1. Population…
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West Virginia Shows Healthy Creative Industry Business Growth
Thanks to the tireless efforts of Arts Advocacy West Virginia, Tamerack Foundation, the WV Division of Culture and History, the Industry of Culture group and many other passionate individuals and organizations around the state, we’re thrilled to hear the news that an updated report from Americans for the Arts shows West Virginia’s arts-related and overall…
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Southeastern WV Creative Economy Training
It’s been exciting to see how Southeastern WV counties (Region 1 Workforce West Virginia area) have embraced the opportunities ahead in the new economy and are taking serious steps to turn community dreams into reality. A lot of activity was sparked by the great work being done in the 4C Economic Development Authority (Nicholas, Fayette,…
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New Econony’s Influence on 55 Good Things
Sometimes seeing a list of examples is the best way to understand a concept. The State Journal recently published their list of 55 good things about West Virginia, a wonderful roundup of positive people, organizations and initiatives they’ve compiled for the past 23 years. We thought it would be interesting to highlight a few of…
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Building A Creative (Airfield) Community…From Scratch
It’s taking a while, but a bold vision is taking shape in the hills of Gilmer County. John and Charuwan Kasuba selected the location to build a unique airpark community and have persistently been working towards the project despite some frustrating delays in building the infrastructure required. The project is outlined in the latest State…