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Creative Communities for the New Economy June 25, 2007

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Overview presentation of the Create West Virginia initiative of A Vision Shared designed to grow the Creative Class and New Economy in West Virginia

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Page 1: Create WV Initiative Launch

Creative Communities for the New Economy

June 25, 2007

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Transitioning Eras

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The Conceptual Age

Right Brain

Holistic thought

Intuition

Creativity

Art and music

Empathy

Left Brain

Analytic thought

Logic

Language

Science and math

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The Creative Community

Arts and Cultural

Telecommunications

Software Development

Management

Education

Architects

Graphic Design

Media

Engineering

Research

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21st Century Growth

Economic and Tax Policy

R&D Centers of Excellence

Talent

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The Creative Economy in WV

Source: USDA Employment Research Service 1990-2000

County

Creative

Growth

Employed

Growth Creative (share)

Monongalia County 32.20% 5.30% 27.80%

Putnam County 52.00% 23.10% 24.20%

Kanawha County 8.00% -5.50% 24.00%

Jefferson County 53.60% 16.50% 22.90%

Cabell County 9.10% -3.10% 21.70%

Ohio County 1.70% -12.90% 21.70%

Wood County 15.10% -5.10% 19.90%

Marion County 46.00% 0.90% 19.80%

Harrison County 21.80% -2.10% 19.80%

Raleigh County 24.00% 3.40% 19.20%

County

Creative

Growth

Employed

Growth Creative (share)

Clay County 29.90% 9.30% 12.10%

Wyoming County 8.00% -13.90% 12.00%

Mingo County 4.10% -19.00% 11.90%

Hampshire County 33.20% 21.10% 11.50%

Grant County 25.10% 5.50% 11.30%

Ritchie County 13.30% -5.60% 11.10%

Monroe County 11.20% 2.50% 10.40%

Summers County 5.80% -7.70% 10.30%

McDowell County -28.00% -36.20% 10.30%

Webster County 16.00% -12.50% 9.40%

Top 10 WV Counties Bottom 10 WV Counties

% of CC

Employment

Growth of CC

Employment

United States 25% 25.70%

West Virginia 18% 19.70%

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A Creative Future Economy

Source: Workforce West Virginia 2007 Data and Projections

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Building the Creative Community

Tolerance/DiversityTalent/Education

Technology Culture, Third Places & Outdoors

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Where Do We Stand?

DiversityTalent/Education

Technology Culture, Third Places & Outdoors

51st

51st

• IT Professionals 41st

• High-Tech Jobs 45th

• Online Population 47th

• E-Government 48th

• Broadband 50th

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Promising Directions

DiversityTalent/Education

Science & Technology Culture, Third Places & Outdoors

Lewisburg

1,000 Places to See

Before You Die

Best 75 Small Towns in America

Fayetteville

Top 10 Coolest Small Towns

Berkeley Springs

100 Best Small Arts Towns

Davis

Top 10 Coolest Mountain Towns

Charleston

Top 10 Cities for Empty Nesters

Bluefield/Mercer County

Best 100 Places for

Families with Kids

Morgantown

Distinctive Destination by National

Trust for Historic Preservation

Best Small Cities

?

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Meet the West VirginiaCreative Community

Wheeling Berkeley Springs

Shepherdstown

Fayetteville

Fairmont

HintonLogan

South

Charleston

Glenville

Mayor Cleo MatthewsCity of Hinton

Jeanne MozierStar Theatre

Jeff Lusk, Hatfield-McCoy's Trails

Scooter Scudieri1st Internet Rockstar

Princeton

Huntington

Elizabeth Murray, Ph.D.Marshall University Vandalia Research

Jane PetersJefferson County

Development Authority

Spring TurnerChuck Mathena Foundation

George RogersIQ Media

Justin SiebertDirect Online Marketing

Lee Kraus, Ph.D.IRC, Two Brains

Keith Pauley, Ph.D.MATRIC

Larry BakerGlenville State College

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How We’ll Get There

• Connect the Creative Community

• Communicate their existence, impact and enthusiasm for WV

• Educate and empower local communities

• Prioritize and support creative policies

• Tell the rest of the world

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Announcing Create WV

Mission:

To empower West Virginians at a local level to place themselves among the most innovative, dynamic, prosperous, creative communities in the world.

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Available Today

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Creative Communities Workshops – Summer 2007

• Pilot City Assessments and Workshops– Hinton (July 24), Shepherdstown (July 11)

– Parkersburg (July 23)

– Charleston (August TBD)

• Integrated learning and planning– Leaders from business, government, education,

arts/community development

– Assessment

– Jump-start the planning process

– Share progress at the Create WV conference

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Create West Virginia Conference

Save the date – Oct 24-26

Local leaders should attend together as a team

• Government

• Economic Development

• Business/Chamber

• Young Professionals

• Arts/Creative Community

• Community Development

• Academic - K12, HED

Daniel Pink

A Whole New Mind

Jack Schultz

Boomtown Institute

James Hunt

Amazing Cities

- Workshops

- Best practices

- Resources & tools

- “Why to” and “How to”

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Create West Virginia GoalsShort-Term (1 year)

• Direct:

– Over 200 leaders trained with all 55 counties represented

– 25 WV communities with an official, detailed New

Economy/Creative Community growth plan by June 2008

– 3-5 large-scale Creative Community initiatives identified and in

progress

– Dedicated outbound communications plan and campaigns in place to recruit the Creative Community to West Virginia

• Indirect: Focused voice in support of related Creative Community initiatives

– Broadband coverage, education innovation and standards, scientific R&D, entrepreneurship/TBED, e-government

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Create West Virginia Goals

Long-Term (5-10 years)• West Virginia in upper ½ of New Economy Index

rankings

• Recognized nationally as “hot” region for innovation and Creative Community growth

– Additional towns/cities in national rankings

• Real progress in diversity

• Growth in Southern and remote counties

• Specific details announced this fall

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What Does it Mean for West Virginians?

What’s Different?

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Call to Action

Local Community Leaders

• Read the white paper

• Evaluate the assessment and planning tools

• Provide feedback

• Save the date and tell your local peer leaders– Create West Virginia

Conference – Oct 24-26

Creatives and Citizens

• Join the initiative on createwv.com

• Share and rate ideas

• Raise your voice on new economy/creative community issues

• Tell others

• Attend the Create WV Conference

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“Creativity can solve almost any problem. The

creative act, the defeat of habit by originality,

overcomes everything.”

George Lois

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The Vision SharedCreative Class Team

Grant BromhalNational Energy Technology

Laboratory

Holly ClarkCESD/WVU, Vision Shared

Elizabeth Damewood-Gaucher Terrell Ellis & Associates

Sarah HalsteadKatalyst Development Strategies

Kim HarbourWV Department of Commerce

Rebecca KimmonsKatalyst Development Strategies

Amy KingSpilman, Thomas & Battle

Barbara KinseyAG Edwards

Belle ManjongSpilman, Thomas & Battle

Justin SeibertDirect Online Marketing

Rich ShafferWest Virginia Credit Union League

Jeff JamesMicrosoft Corporation

Thank you!

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Special Thanks To:

Terrell Ellis & Associates, Inc.Katalyst Development Strategies

Maple Creative

Charles Jupiter Hamilton

University of CharlestonClaude Worthington Benedum Foundation

A Vision SharedMike Basile, Kenny Perdue and

Leadership Council

The Clay Center for Arts and Sciences

American Public University SystemUS Fish and Wildlife Service

Glenville State CollegeNational Conservation Training Center

Spilman Thomas & BattleSummers County Judicial Annex

WVNet

Our Creative Community guests from around the state

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QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS

[email protected]

[email protected]

Create WV: Building Creative Communities for the New Economy

• It’s already happening here

• We can build from our trendsetter communities

• It’s about local vision, planning and leadership

• The resources are available

• Create WV will unite, equip and communicate