Grow Wisconsin Creatively
Why Wisconsin should care about -- and invest in -- its creative economy
Campaign resources
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From New England to New Zealand, public and private investment in culture, creativity and innovation is being acknowledged as essential to education, business incubation, attraction and retention plans, tourism opportunities, and community engagement. [Full Details]
In this environment, Wisconsin and all of its communities are seeking pro-active, sustainable ways to address these critical issues:
- encourage and stabilize healthy communities throughout the state
- incubate, attract and retain a talented, creative workforce
- incubate, attract and retain creative economy companies and industries
- utilize Wisconsin’s competitive economic development assets to their fullest extent
- grow the state’s economy for the future.
See the full article for more details and information including "What’s it all about?", "What is the Creative Economy?", and" So how can Wisconsin start to make the most of its Creative Economy?".
Grow Wisconsin Creatively Resources:
- Full "Grow Wisconsin Creatively" article in PDF or in HTML
- Corporate Report Wisconsin's Roundtable on the Arts and Economic Development, November 2005
- Wisconsin Business/Arts Handbook
- Fact Sheet: Benefits of the Arts
- Talking Points: Making the Case for the Arts
- Wisconsin "Creative Industries" map (from Americans for the Arts)
- Links to creative economy information and resources
Downloads: Be an activist for the arts! Be part of the campaign!
- Download the “Grow Wisconsin Creatively” description to use as an advocacy tool (.pdf file)
- Download "You don't know what you have ‘til it's gone" ads for newsletters, magazines and playbills
- (Coming Soon!) - Download “Grow Wisconsin Creatively” logo to use in newsletters, magazines and playbills