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Creative Economy local and global models and ideas

please note: this Toolkit will be updated with new information on a regular basis

Local
Creative Fresno, CA
Dubuque, IA: Your Hometown, Your Future
Paducah, KY: Artist Relocation Program
Providence, RI: How Providence Competes for Young Talent

National
State Creative Economy Initiatives
•Florida: Florida's Eden (NW Florida)
•Iowa: Imagine Iowa 2010-A New Strategy for a New Economy
Louisiana
•Maine: Maine's Creative Economy
•Michigan: Cultural Development Strategy
•Montana: Creative Enterprise Cluster
•Rhode Island: Quality of Place Scorecard
•Vermont: Vermont Council on Rural Development
•Washington: Creative Vitality Index
•New England's Creative Economy Initiative

Economic Development Grant Program Guidelines
•Arizona: Arts Link to Tourism and the Economy
•Florida: Rural Economic Development Initiative
•Iowa: Cultural and Entertainment Districts
•Maryland: Arts and Entertainment Districts
•Massachusetts: Adams Arts Program
•South Carolina: Cultural Visions

State and Community Economic Development Projects
•Alaska: Native Arts Program
•Colorado: C3 Conference
•Florida: Culturally Florida
•Kentucky: Craft Marketing Program
• Michigan: “Cool Cities"
•Minnesota: Scenic Byways
•New Jersey: Discover Jersey Arts
•North Carolina:

•Ohio: Mural Corridor
•Oklahoma: Arts Circuit Riders
Oklahoma Creativity Project
•Virginia and North Carolina: Blue Ridge Music Trail
•Wisconsin:

International

Australia

www.creative.org.au: a gateway to research and analysis on creative industries in Australia and elsewhere, from the Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation
Creative Queensland: State of Queensland creative economy plan and policies
•"The Measure of Creativity", by Huib Schippers, explores the role and measurement of creativity and arts in the Australian economy.