Wednesday, October 26, 2005
South Dakota has launched an engaging site to showcase the arts, crafts, and creative economy of that state. You can read more about the site here. Or, you can visit the site.
This type of promotion makes sense, especially to help rural economies. As more an more states discover their "creative economies" we can expect to see more state and local sites to promote local arts, crafts and culture. To learn more about the creative economy, you can visit this website of the Creative Economy Council in New England.
To see how a state is embracing this approach, you can look at this report from Vermont. You can laso read about the work of on the creative economy taking place in Maine.
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