STAR is one of four initiatives from the Creative Community Leadership Project in cooperation with the city of Roanoke and the Creative Class Group. This was the first of a series of three open-door discussions about diversity and inclusion.
Five local nonprofit organizations received the 2009 Touchstone Award from the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation. The event’s theme, “Celebrating our Creative Economy,” included ideas from a 2007 presentation at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center by Richard Florida, an author and professor who talks about the “creative class.”
The Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation announces the recipients of the 2009 Touchstone Awards. This year’s theme “Celebrating Our Creative Economy” celebrates the work of Dr. Richard Florida and the impact his message has had on the Twin Ports.
Thirty new “community catalysts” will be selected to work together with local leaders and advocates to develop projects aimed at diversifying Tallahassee’s economy beyond government and education.
The merging of the Noosa Creative Alliance and the Sunshine Coast to create the Sunshine Coast Regional Alliance in Noosa, Australia.
The merging of the Noosa Creative Alliance and the Sunshine Coast to create the Sunshine Coast Regional Alliance in Noosa, Australia.
“The Roanoke region is poised at a crossroads-holding on to its industrial history while venturing into a creative economy that may just be the key to its future.”
The City of Roanoke engaged in a year-long Creative Communities Leadership project that gives emerging leaders the tools they need to generate greater economic prosperity in their region.
Sharon Rapoport shares the final four ideas from the Roanoke Richard Florida Creative Connectors 2 Day Seminar on how to change the region for the better.
Richard Florida published “The Rise of the Creative Class,” which set forth a cluster of indicators that predicted a flourishing urban community. Talent, Tolerance and Technology are Florida’s “three T’s,” qualities that Durham can claim in abundance. “To attract creative people, generate innovation and stimulate economic growth, a place must have all three.” (source: Catalytix, Inc., A Richard Florida Creativity Group)
