Creative Places & Businesses: Catalyzing Growth in Communities

CREATIVE PLACES & BUSINESSES: CATALYZING GROWTH IN COMMUNITIES
A report looking at investable opportunities in the creative economy that have the potential to both stabilize threatened communities and benefit regions looking to attract and develop quality jobs. Creative places and businesses are a critical yet under-recognized element of comprehensive community development.

Catalyst Initiative Pilot Project Reports

This is the first series of reports on the Catalyst Initiative, a program of the Center for Performance and Civic Practice. It chronicles the one-year journeys of artists teaming up with non-arts partners within a community to tackle projects ranging from community engagement and visioning processes to creative education practices and organizational capacity building. 

Cross-Sector Collaboration