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Revealing Washington State’s Economic Landscape with CVSuite Insights

Washington state is known for its stunning landscapes, including the majestic Mount Rainier, their beloved Starbucks coffee, high-tech companies like Microsoft and Amazon, and the arts. In fact, Washington state’s... read more →
  • May 15, 2024
  • Sam Ortega
  • Creative Economy, CVI, Data Education, Data Quality, Data Sets, Regions
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A Robust Film Industry Waiting to Be Unlocked

The arts inspire, build community and belonging, and, most importantly, boost a region's economic vitality. Harnessing the power of the arts is possible when a region has a robust foundation... read more →
  • March 1, 2023
  • Sam Ortega
  • Creative Economy, Data Education, Reporting
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Product Update: Announcing New 2021 Data

The CVSuite team is pleased to announce the introduction of 2021 data to the CVSuite tool. To access this new data, visit the Region Selection section when logged into the... read more →
  • December 23, 2022
  • Sam Ortega
  • Creative Economy, Data Quality, Data Sets, New Features and Enhancements, Reporting
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Five Reasons Why You Need Creative Economy Data

Are you an arts administrator, economic developer, city planner, or work in the creative sector? Are you on the fence about using creative economy data for your daily work? If... read more →
  • October 28, 2022
  • Sam Ortega
  • Creative Economy, Data Education, General
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CVSuite Data Dives: Exploring Alaska’s Creative Vitality

The CVSuite™ team is bringing back Data Dives, a series of blog posts that explores the different ways to use the Creative Vitality Suite tool and its data. CVSuite offers... read more →
  • August 24, 2022
  • Sam Ortega
  • Creative Economy, CVI, Data Dives, Data Education
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DataEd: A Fun, New Way to Become a Creative Economy Expert

Over the past year, the CVSuite team has conducted research on our client’s needs and challenges in working with creative economy data. We released a survey to identify what issues... read more →
  • June 22, 2022
  • Sam Ortega
  • Creative Economy, CVI, Data Education
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Explore 2020 Data in CVSuite

With 2022 well underway, we wanted to start the new year off right by sharing some wonderful news with our readers—the Creative Vitality™ Suite now holds 2020 data! CVSuite updates... read more →
  • February 18, 2022
  • Sam Ortega
  • COVID-19, Data Sets
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2021 Creative Vitality™ Summit

Recently, the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF), in partnership with the National Creative Economy Coalition, ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Grantmakers in the Arts, and others held... read more →
  • October 20, 2021
  • Sam Ortega
  • Creative Economy
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Tips for Analyzing Your Data

Are you having trouble analyzing your creative economy data or don’t know what to do with the data once you have them? Below are some tips to consider when analyzing... read more →
  • January 23, 2020
  • Sam Ortega
  • Data Education

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