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Part 3 of 5: Our Creative Roots, Challenges of Analyzing Rural Regions

Review of CVSuite report : A Guide to Creatives in Rural California An Analysis of Economic Activity in the Creative Sector in California's Rural ZIP Codes The third post in... read more →
  • January 18, 2017
  • Natalie Villa
  • Creative Economy, Regions, Reporting
Sarah Calhoun is on the right side of the image with a sign for her company, Red Ants Pants behind her.

Part 2 of 5: Our Creative Roots, Impact and the Homegrown Entrepreneur

Sarah Calhoun moved to White Sulphur Springs, Montana, in 2006, with the goal of launching her women’s workwear clothing company. She established Red Ants Pants, which was named after ant... read more →
  • December 21, 2016
  • Natalie Villa
  • Creative Economy, General

Emsi Interviews CVSuite: Thinking Strategically About the Impact (and Definition) of the Creative Economy

CVSuite's data partner, Emsi, interviews the team about best practices in creative economy definition and the history of the Creative Vitality Suite. This blog originally appeared on Emsi's blog and was... read more →
  • December 7, 2016
  • Natalie Villa
  • Creative Economy

Part 1 of 5: Our Creative Roots, Thoughts on Measuring a Community’s Creative Vitality

In this 5-part series we will explore creative economy from the perspective of rural communities and challenges they face. In this post, author Patrick Overton kicks off our series by sharing... read more →
  • November 29, 2016
  • Natalie Villa
  • Creative Economy

EMSI Labs: Interactive Prototypes

Emsi, the CVSuite data provider, recently launched Emsi Labs. Emsi provides the data that day to day users utilize within the CVSuite tool. According to Emsi’s blog post, the Emsi... read more →
  • October 20, 2016
  • Natalie Villa
  • Creative Economy, General

What the Recent Creative Economy Reports Are Saying

As creative economies continue to grow across the globe, many cities and states are realizing the value of dedicating time to researching and evaluating the health of their own creative... read more →
  • September 28, 2016
  • Natalie Villa
  • Creative Economy
Infographic detailing the timeline of the maker movement. It starts at 2005 and goes to present time. There are images of people welding, playing guitar, President Obama within the infographic.

The Maker Movement Defined: How the Creative Workers are Partnering to Grow the Economy

The maker movement is described by Brooks Rainwater in How the Maker Movement Is Revitalizing Industry in American Cities as, “the platform for today’s artisans to create, craft and develop... read more →
  • September 13, 2016
  • Natalie Villa
  • Creative Economy, General

Creative Industries: Bigger than One Number

Our vision for the CVSuite blog is that it serve as a place to present original material. Now and again; however, an item comes to our attention that we think... read more →
  • August 17, 2016
  • paul.nguyen@westaf.org
  • Creative Economy, Data Education, Data Quality, Data Sets

Gülgün Kayim: Director of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy for the City of Minneapolis

The City of Minneapolis has the sixth strongest creative economy in the country. We were fortunate enough to speak with Gülgün Kayim, director of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy for... read more →
  • August 11, 2016
  • paul.nguyen@westaf.org
  • Creative Economy, CVI

Will Brexit Damage the UK's Booming Creative Economy

Update: The UK voted on June 24, 2016 to leave the European Union. As Britain prepares to go to the polls in the decisive EU referendum, there are many factors... read more →
  • June 22, 2016
  • paul.nguyen@westaf.org
  • Creative Economy
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