Monograph: Building Creative Economies: The Arts, Entrepreneurship, and Sustainable Development

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Monograph: Building Creative Economies: The Arts, Entrepreneurship, and Sustainable Development

Small and rural communities across the country continue to face drastic population shifts and economic upheaval. Many efforts are underway in these areas to create and implement economic revitalization strategies. In analyzing resources, strengths, and needs, communities are increasingly seeing the potential of their existing creative economies sectors of the economy that include arts, culture and heritage organizations, businesses, and workers as strong revenue, employment, and quality of life generators, or "creative industries."

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Small and rural communities across the country continue to face drastic population shifts and economic upheaval. Many efforts are underway in these areas to create and implement economic revitalization strategies. In analyzing resources, strengths, and needs, communities are increasingly seeing the potential of their existing creative economies ンsectors of the economy that include arts, culture and heritage organizations, businesses, and workers ンas strong revenue, employment, and quality of life generators, or "creative industries."
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Dreeszen, Craig
Americans for the Arts Monograph
15
March 2003
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