Saturday, November 05, 2005
In Connecticut last week, the New England Board of Higher Education held a conference on New England's creative economy. Read more.
New England has been building this approach since the publication of a 2001 report by the New England Council. (That was about a year before Richard Florida published his book on the Creative Class.) You can read more about the New England report here. Or download a copy here.
More recently, Vermont has been developing its creative economy. Focused on the rural areas, this effort is being guided by a strategy outlined in this report.
Maine also has a new effort underway in the creative economy. The governor appointed a counsel to report back to him early next year on the strategy that the state should be following to develop this creative economy. Learn more.
One of the presenters at the Connecticut conference last week outlined that the creative economy concept "was less about forcing cultural institutions to change and more about creating new economic opportunities for people who want and need them".
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New England's emerging Creative Economy
