We have a remarkable opportunity to begin weaving together University Circle as a hub in our network of creative industries in NEO. Yesterday, I provided development officers at University Circle, Inc. an insight on how we can begin. You can download the presentation [1].
Toronto is another city that has seized on the creative industries as a core economic development strategy. Earlier this week, civic leaders in Toronto held a session with Charles Landry [2]. (Download his CV [3]. Read more [4]
He's got a bunch of publications, and we need to start reading some of what he has to say. Read more [5]. I've ordered a copy of The Creative City: a toolkit for urban innovators [6].
Also, this week Vermont issued a report on their creative industries strategy. You can read more about it here. You can also download the report [7].
Finally, in Michigan this week, the governor's Cool Cities initiative [8] listened to Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point [9]. Over 1,000 people attended the conference. Read more about the conference [10].
Links:
[1] http://www.edpro.net/Resources/UCI%20Creative-screen-0.pdf
[2] http://www.thinkers.sa.gov.au/clandry.html
[3] http://www.thinkers.sa.gov.au/images/CV_landry.pdf
[4] http://www.cnw.ca/fr/releases/archive/December2004/07/c2614.html
[5] http://www.comedia.org.uk/publications-1.htm
[6] http://li326-157.members.linode.com/The Creative City: a toolkit for urban innovators
[7] http://www.kse50.com/vcci_report.pdf
[8] http://www.michigancoolcities.com/
[9] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0316346624/102-7450039-9519368?v=glance
[10] http://www.mlive.com/news/kzgazette/index.ssf?/base/news-12/1102695630222290.xml